A Place in the Sun (1951)

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

Theodore Dreiser (novel)
Patrick Kearney (play)

Release Date:

11 October 1951 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Love that paid the severest of all penalties!

Plot:

Young up-and-comer George Eastman is thrust into the blue collar life of a rich uncle's family business...

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Factory | Love | Assembly Line | Physician

Awards:

Won 6 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16

2:00 PM

TCM

Cast

Montgomery Clift	...	George Eastman
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters	...	Alice Tripp
Anne Revere	...	Hannah Eastman
Keefe Brasselle	...	Earl Eastman
Fred Clark	...	Bellows, defense attorney
Raymond Burr	...	Dist. Atty. R. Frank Marlowe
Herbert Heyes	...	Charles Eastman
Shepperd Strudwick	...	Anthony 'Tony' Vickers
Frieda Inescort	...	Mrs. Ann Vickers
Kathryn Givney	...	Louise Eastman
Walter Sande	...	Art Jansen, George's Attorney
Ted de Corsia	...	Judge R.S. Oldendorff
John Ridgely	...	Coroner
Lois Chartrand	...	Marsha

Also Known As:

An American Tragedy (USA) (working title)
The Lovers (USA) (working title)
The Prize (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-11 (re-rating) (1986) | West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:13 (DVD rating) | Australia:G (original DVD rating) | Australia:PG (DVD re-rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #14461)

Filming Locations:

Cascade Lake, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In the Italian post-synchronized version, the actors are dubbed by: Giulio Panicali (Montgomery Clift); Germana Calderini (Elizabeth Taylor); Lidia Simoneschi (Shelley Winters); Giovanna Scotto (Anne Revere); Pino Locchi (Keefe Brasselle); Giorgio Capecchi (Fred Clark); Mario Besesti (Raymond Burr); Gaetano Verna (Herbert Hayes); Emilio Cigoli (Shepperd Strudwick) and Bruno Persa (John Ridgely).

Goofs:

Continuity: Alice Tripp is wearing different shoes when she starts walking home from the movie with George Eastman than she is when they are close to where she lives.

Quotes:

Charles Eastman: If he's innocent, I'll get the best defence I can get for him. If he *is* guilty, I won't spend a single cent to save him from the electric chair!

Movie Connections:

Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Mona Lisa

The very best

...Had more impact on this then 12 year old than any motion picture I have seen in my 66 years. To see Monty's character blow his life with what was the most precious and knockout gorgeous female in history, had to be the most devastating moment in the history of movies. I have yet to see a movie moment as stark as that one in his jail cell. Monty was born for the part and Liz was the epitome of every man's dreams. Called the Greatest Movie of all time by the World Champion Movie Goer, George Raborn, he wasn't far from the truth....at least for me. George Stevens outdid himself in casting with Shelley Winters....the ideal person for the sad and often clinging girlfriend of Monty. Anyway, I still refer to the movie as my very favorite ever.