Joseph Conrad’s elaborately structured fiction poses monstrous problems for film adaptation, and the solution proposed here by Richard Brooks—plodding literal-mindedness—doesn’t come close to working. Still, this 1964 release is a handsome film (photographed by Freddie Young) with an appealing population, including Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Jack Hawkins, Akim Tamiroff, and Daliah Lavi.