Almost all the credits here go to Terence Rattigan as the playwright, who has written a great play of the Alexander the Great adventure, which is not at all bad although rather vulgarized refusing to commit to any ordinary romanticized idealizations, which this subject always inspires to. Sean Connery as Alexander with a coarse Scottish accent causes some misgivings, but as the play proceeds he actually grows with the role to become more and more convincing, and the end result is a positive experience. But Terence Rattigan's human psychology pervades the play and provides the characters with some depth, while all interpretations of the Alexander saga must be personal and highly conjectural. Rattigan's interpretation should be considered one of the best, although very limited, since it had to confine itself to cinematic frames. It is well worth watching though, especially as a curiosity of showing Sean Connery as a pre-James Bond actor.
