There's really nothing amazing about The Amazing Adventure (or Amazing Quest, as one of its several titles has it), but it does star Cary Grant, and that alone makes it worth watching. Grant was a one of a kind star, someone whose urbane personality would seem to limit him in his choice of roles but who somehow was able to handle a wide range of assignments. As at home in drama as in comedy, Grant here takes advantage of his beautiful comic timing and his ability to be both self-absorbed and utterly open to the world, to good effect. Indeed, Grant's personality is key to Adventure's success, because the part as written is rather mild and uninvolving. There's little of real interest to Ernest Bliss, a character we've encountered many times before under other names; but Grant makes him someone that makes us stop and take notice. The screenplay is a bunch of fluff and nonsense, filled with the kind of platitudes and warm-hearted portrayals of "the common folk" that make for good populist sentiment but don't convince as drama. Alfred Zeisler's direction is commonplace, but the supporting cast is worthy. Not a very good film, but Grant shines even with inferior material.