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A Place in the Sun (1951) 7.8
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women. Director:George Stevens |
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Cast
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Walter Sande | ... |
Art Jansen - George's Attorney
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Judge R.S. Oldendorff
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John Ridgely | ... |
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Lois Chartrand | ... |
Marsha
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Storyline
The young and poor George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) leaves his religious mother and Chicago and arrives in California expecting to find a better job in the business of his wealthy uncle Charles Eastman. His cousin Earl Eastman advises him that there are many women in the factory and the basic rule is that he must not hang around with any of them. George meets the worker of the assembly line, Alice Tripp, in the movie theater and they date. Meanwhile, the outcast George is promoted and he meets the gorgeous Angela Vickers at a party thrown at his uncle's house. Angela introduces him to the local high society and they fall in love with each other. However, Alice is pregnant and she wants to get married with George. During a dinner party at Angela's lake house with parents, relatives, and friends, Alice calls George from the bus station and gives him thirty minutes to meet her; otherwise she will crash the party and tell what has happened. George is pressed by the situation which ends ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 October 1951 (France) See more »Also Known As:
An American Tragedy See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
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$2,295,304 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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At the beginning of the seduction scene at Alice's apartment her radio is playing a quiet samba tune. Yet when the volume is accidentally bumped up, the song turns into a brash college fight song instead of a louder version of the samba. Once George turns the volume back to it's original level the fight song disappears and the soft samba magically returns as well. See more »Quotes
George Eastman: I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you.See more »
This 1950s melodrama was an interesting, involving story. It's part film-noir, too, which I liked. I say that because the last third of the film featured an expectation of some dreaded act about to be committed, giving it a film noir feel.
One thing for sure, whatever you label the movie: it's well-acted, well-directed and well-photographed. Regarding the latter, this really looks good on DVD. No surprise it's directed well since George Stevens was the director. His resume speaks for itself.
Obviously Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor are the "big names" in this film, but I found Shelly Winters and the character she played to be the most intriguing. She wasn't really appealing yet one could certainly identify with her feelings of insecurity with Taylor as her competition. "Liz" was in in her prime, looks-wise, with an absolutely classic face.
Anyway, watching the character studies of the antsy Winters and the troublesome Clift were interesting. Clift, as is the case with most of us, causes his own problems and things slowly unravel for him. The story is another example of what can happen when one tries to cover up the truth. It comes back to bite you, big-time!
I really found it refreshing, however, to see Clift's attitude at the end. It's the exact opposite of what you hear today. He actually takes responsibility for his actions.