Right on the border of A Man For All Seasons and an average episode of “Guiding Light” lies this classic I’ve been meaning to see for about 15 years. I enjoyed the performances and many of the sharp lines, but found myself with a headache at the end, waiting for all these jerks to stop yelling at each other. No doubt the chief selling point of this movie is the chess-like twists and double-twists as everyone schemes against one another — but after a while it got overwhelming. I’m not complaining that it was difficult to follow, it just became exhausting; I knew that the scheme of the moment would be reversed in the very next scene and, thus, couldn’t get that into it. Too much of a good thing, you might say. Anyway, it’s a worthwhile film, don’t get me wrong, but hardly the brilliant classic I was expecting.