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Lonelyhearts (1958)
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1958 (USA)
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"SOME WIVES CHEAT BECAUSE THEIR HUSBANDS DO...AND SOME BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NO GOOD!" (original print ad - all caps)
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Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 nomination
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Surprisingly Great
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Montgomery Clift | ... | Adam White |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | William Shrike |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Florence Shrike |
 | Dolores Hart | ... | Justy Sargeant |
 | Maureen Stapleton | ... | Fay Doyle |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Ned Gates |
| Mike Kellin | ... | Frank Goldsmith |
| Onslow Stevens | ... | Mr. Lassiter |
| Frank Maxwell | ... | Pat Doyle |
 | Frank Overton | ... | Mr. Sargeant |
| John Gallaudet | ... | Johnny, Bartender |
| Don Washbrook | ... | Don Sargeant |
| Johnny Washburn | ... | Johnny Sargeant (as John Washbrook) |
| J.B. Welch | ... | Charlie |
| Mary Alan Hokanson | ... | Edna |
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Miss Lonelyheart
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100 min | 103 min (TCM print)
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Continuity: In opening scene, Adam orders ginger ale "on the rocks" - which arrives with one minuscule cube that disappears and materializes from shot to shot.
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Adam White, nee Lassiter:
Well, uh...
Fay Doyle: Well, say something nice to me.
[he remains quiet]
Fay Doyle: Goodbye kiss, maybe?
[he remains still]
Fay Doyle: You're not a very appreciative fellow. Love 'em and leave 'em, is that it?
Adam White, nee Lassiter: Mrs. Doyle, I didn't call you...
Fay Doyle: All right, what did you call me up for? Who are you kidding? Listen, you wanted a sad story, you heard a sad story! You also wanted some action!
Adam White, nee Lassiter: You're right.
Fay Doyle: You're damn right I'm right!
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Fay Doyle: Well, say something nice to me.
[he remains quiet]
Fay Doyle: Goodbye kiss, maybe?
[he remains still]
Fay Doyle: You're not a very appreciative fellow. Love 'em and leave 'em, is that it?
Adam White, nee Lassiter: Mrs. Doyle, I didn't call you...
Fay Doyle: All right, what did you call me up for? Who are you kidding? Listen, you wanted a sad story, you heard a sad story! You also wanted some action!
Adam White, nee Lassiter: You're right.
Fay Doyle: You're damn right I'm right!
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Featured in Montgomery Clift (1983)
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I didn't think it possible to make an effective film adaptation of Miss Lonelyhearts, one of the finest American novels. Though certain of the novel's darker aspects are lightened slightly in this film, overall it conveys the novel's brilliance while putting some of the moral quandaries into sharper focus. Ryan and Clift are unbelievable. Unbelievable.