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From Here to Eternity (1953) -- In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
From Here to Eternity (1953) -- British actress Deborah Kerr, famous for her roles in "The King And I," and "From Here To Eternity," passed away at the age of 86. Richard Roth takes a look at her career.
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Overview

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Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Writers:

Daniel Taradash (screenplay)
James Jones (novel)

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Release Date:

15 October 1953 (Australia) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War more

Tagline:

Pouring out of impassioned pages...brawling their way to greatness on the screen! more

Plot:

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

Won 8 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations more

User Comments:

Monty Clift's greatest role? more (110 total)


Cast

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Burt Lancaster ... Sgt. Milton Warden

Montgomery Clift ... Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt

Deborah Kerr ... Karen Holmes

Donna Reed ... Alma 'Lorene' Burke

Frank Sinatra ... Pvt. Angelo Maggio
Philip Ober ... Capt. Dana Holmes
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Cpl. Leva
Harry Bellaver ... Pvt. Mazzioli

Ernest Borgnine ... Sgt. 'Fatso' Judson

Jack Warden ... Cpl. Buckley
John Dennis ... Sgt. Ike Galovitch
Merle Travis ... Sal Anderson
Tim Ryan ... Sgt. Pete Karelsen
Arthur Keegan ... Treadwell
Barbara Morrison ... Mrs. Kipfer - Owner of New Congress Club
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Additional Details

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording) | 3 Channel Stereo


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If Columbia head Harry Cohn had gotten his way, the film would have starred Aldo Ray as Prewitt, Edmond O'Brien as Warden, Joan Crawford as Karen, Julie Harris as Lorene and Eli Wallach as Maggio. more

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Revealing mistakes: When the soldiers go pick up Prewitt's dead body, his stomach can be seen rising from diaphragm breathing. more

Quotes:

Sergeant Maylon Stark: Leva tells me you've been eyeing the Captain's wife like a hound dog at hunting time. more

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Referenced in Relative Strangers (2006) more

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19 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Monty Clift's greatest role?, 8 July 2003
Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

Fred Zinnemann's epic about the lead-up to Pearl Harbor, featuring excellent performances from young Montgomery Clift and Donna Reed, a knockout role for Sinatra, and that roll in the surf for Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.

From Here to Eternity is a potboiler which wears its heart on its sleeve. Would it have been the same with Joan Crawford instead of Kerr? Hard to say. I think the heart of the film is Clift, who gives perhaps his career best as ex-boxer Prewitt, the sensitive bugle player fighting his demons. Lancaster is a close second, a hard-boiled officer with no time for love.

One of the best of the 50s, and well worth watching.

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