"It's a great picture, without political significance. We are not for or against anybody": thus spake Adolph Zukor, Paramount Pictures studio head. So don't look to this 1943 adaptation of Hemingway's novel for history; the Fascists of Dudley Nichols' script became "nationalists" on the screen, and even so, the film ruffled feathers in America. Hemingway purists should close one eye, too, although the author did hand-pick his friend and hunting partner, Gary Cooper, to portray his hero, Robert Jordan, a pacifist Montanan turned demolition expert for the Loyalist cause against the f-sc-sts in Spain. Do, however, look to this film for a gorgeous Hollywood action-romance in which the physical dimension of Hemingway's novel is beautifully realized. It is all shown to its best advantage in this restored Nitrate print of the 156-minute roadshow version.