He was also told that Tauriel was forever banished.Legolas responded: "You may tell my father if there is no place for Tauriel, there is no place for me.The work of Sir Ralph Richardson (in his first Hollywood role) as her father was also praised, but Montgomery Clift (in only his third screen role afterThe Search (1948)andRed River (1948)) seemed mis-cast and stiff, although some of it worked to his benefit as the conniving and insincere suitor.]Based upon the controversial, published, semi-fictional 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, this anti-war film emphasizes the wide, hierarchical gap between those who take orders and fight the wars in muddy trenches, and those that give the orders and are isolated from the real ravages of war.On the way, he learns about her past and why she is called he ""lady from Shanghai."" Speaking partly in the third-person, she ells him about her seedy past - she is a White Russian that she was born in Chifu, on the China coast, where she probably lived a compromised, naughty life as a high-class prostitute:Elsa: Her parents were Russian, white Russian.Edwards.Caddos or Kiowas.Ol"" Mose knows.Yes, sir." Ethan insists that Aaron stay at the homestead, while he takes his place: "Stay close, Aaron.It might be, this is rustlers.Might be that this dodderin"" old idiot (pointing to Mose Harper) ain""t so far wrong.Could be Comanche." Ethan doesn""t want to take an oath to be deputized, claiming it wouldn""t be legal anyway.Clayton questions: "You wanted for a crime, Ethan?" Martha interrupts the discussion to deflect attention.