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Director:
Writers:
James Jones (novel)
John Patrick (writer) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 1958 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Dave was back and the whole town knew that trouble- and women- were close behind! more
Plot:
Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination more
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(11 articles)
Manny Farber's Best Films Of 1951, #7: "The Day The Earth Stood Still," directed by Robert Wise
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Shirley MacLaine steals the show. more (45 total)

Cast

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Frank Sinatra ... Dave Hirsh

Dean Martin ... Bama Dillert (professional gambler)

Shirley MacLaine ... Ginnie Moorehead
Martha Hyer ... Gwen French (schoolteacher)
Arthur Kennedy ... Frank Hirsh
Nancy Gates ... Edith Barclay (Frank Hirsh's secretary)
Leora Dana ... Agnes Hirsh
Betty Lou Keim ... Dawn Hirsh
Larry Gates ... Prof. Robert Haven French
Steve Peck ... Raymond Lanchak (Ginny's suitor) (as Steven Peck)
Connie Gilchrist ... Jane Barclay (Edith's mother)
Ned Wever ... Smitty (owner, Smitty's Bar)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
137 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 15 seconds more
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Continuity: In Smitty's bar, Jenny's hamburger stays the same size, and even gets bigger, no matter how many bites she takes from it. more
Quotes:
Dave Hirsh: You're right, teacher. You're a hundred percent right. I've been a bad boy. I've been naughty. Matter of fact, I don't even belong in your class.
Gwen French: Quite possibly you don't.
Dave Hirsh: Well, you won't get a chance to flunk me again.
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Featured in Flubber (1997) more
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To Love And Be Loved more

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Shirley MacLaine steals the show., 12 August 2001
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Author: dbdumonteil

The fifties were melodrama heyday:Douglas Sirk and Vincente Minelli were masters of the genre at the time.Frank Sinatra plays the main character,but,little by little,it's Shirley Mac Laine who steals the show.She's the hackneyed big-hearted whore -a character she was to play again,on a more comic mode,in "Irma la douce"-,and what's extraordinary is that such a clichéd woman can touch us so closely.Her scene with Martha Hyer who plays a chic lit university professor is absolutely mind-boggling when she humbles before her.Her love for Dave is not shared,because,although the former writer stands aloof from his brother's respectable family,Gwen (Hyer) represents something he can't renounce.He does not marry Ginny (MCLaine) out of love but in a fit of pique.Ginny knows she's been cheated,but her love is so strong that she accepts everything.When Dave understands,it will be too late.The final scene is not far from that of "Imitation of life" and Ginny and the black servant Annie in Sirk's movie are some kind of cousins.

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