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A Place in the Sun (1951)

Directed by George Stevens

Drama | Romance

Overview

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend’s pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Length 122 minutes

Actors

Montgomery Clift | Elizabeth Taylor | Shelley Winters | Anne Revere | Keefe Brasselle | Fred Clark | Raymond Burr | Herbert Heyes | Shepperd Strudwick | Frieda Inescort | Kathryn Givney | Walter Sande | Ted de Corsia | John Ridgely | Lois Chartrand | Paul Frees | Robert J. Anderson | Gertrude Astor | John Barton | Lulu Mae Bohrman | Hazel Boyne | John Breen | Steve Carruthers | Ken Christy | Dick Cherney | Pat Combs | Frances Curry | Franklyn Farnum | Bess Flowers | Kathleen Freeman | Art Gilmore | Kenner G. Kemp | Mary Kent | Mike Mahoney | Hank Mann | Harold Miller | William H. O'Brien | Frank O'Connor | Kasey Rogers | Douglas Spencer | Larry Steers | Arthur Tovey | Dorothy Vernon | Josephine Whittell | Eric Wilton | Ian Wolfe | Frank Yaconelli | Ezelle Poule | Herschel Graham

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Post-war George Stevens, when his films got darker. One of the best films of the 1950’s.
I learned that this film was completed in early 1950, but Paramount held back the release until 1951 so that it wouldn’t compete for Oscars with its other prestige release, Sunset Boulevard.
Terrific performances from Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters.

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