Hannie Caulder, which begins cruel and comic, gradually becomes gentler and more serious; and by the time its spirit of outrage has subsided into something like elegy, the film has turned into a fairly moving study of what it means to be cursed by having to pursue a mission instead of a life.
Welch, with genteel modesty, makes the character for many rather ingratiating though others undoubtedly will find her plain ludicrous.
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Village VoiceAndrew Sarris
Village VoiceAndrew Sarris
The humor isn't much here either despite a trio of classic bad goon performances by Jack Elam, Strother Martin, and Ernest Borgnine. [06 Jul 1972, p.49]
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Predictable and dull, though sleazy brothers Borgnine, Martin, and Elam are terrific.