A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
Written by:
Theodore Dreiser
Patrick Kearney
Michael Wilson
Directed by:
George Stevens
Release Date:
June 12, 1951
Original Title:
A Place in the Sun
Alternate Titles:
Ein Platz an der Sonne
Mjesto pod suncem
Místo na výsluní
Um Lugar ao Sol
Un lugar en el sol
郎心如鐵
젊은이의 양지
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
George Stevens Jr. Productions
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 BE: 9 BR: 12 DE: 12 FR: U NL: AL SE: 15 US: NR
Runtime: 122
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
A chance meeting with his uncle leads to George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) being caught in the middle of two worlds, neither side in which he truly belongs. The son of poor missionaries, his father who has passed away, George met his wealthy paternal uncle Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes) while George was working as a bellhop in his uncle's hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Wanting a better life for himself, George takes his uncle up on his offer for a placement somewhere in one of the Eastman factories, Charles' want in this offer being for any Eastman to take his proper place in the world. Under the directive of his cousin Earl (Keefe Brasselle), George is placed on the factory assembly line, largely neglected by the Eastmans as a whole. Regardless, George still does see this position as a stepping stone to something better, for which he is willing to work hard to achieve. George, lonely in his new surroundings, breaks the company rule of no fraternizing with fellow employees when he starts to date fellow Eastman assembly line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters). Several months later, Charles, remembering about his nephew, promotes George both professionally and personally. Although uncomfortable in society gatherings, George eventually is befriended by one person in this new world, the beautiful society maiden Angela Vickers (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), who George fell in love with at first sight even before he arrived in town. Angela too falls in love with George, which does not sit well with her parents if only because they know nothing of him. George is caught between his want for prosperity and being with Angela, the woman he truly loves, and his obligations to needy Alice, who learns of his society friends and Angela, who ends up getting pregnant by him, and who uses whatever means in her limited powers to pressure him to do right by her in marrying her.
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Internet Movie Database | 7.7/10 |
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Rotten Tomatoes | 82% |
Metacritic | 76/100 |
Awards Won: | Won 6 Oscars. 15 wins & 10 nominations total |
1998 #92 |
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100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time |
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Art Direction:
Hans Dreier
Walter H. Tyler
Assistant Director:
Charles C. Coleman
Associate Producer:
Ivan Moffat
Costume Design:
Edith Head
Director:
George Stevens
Director of Photography:
William C. Mellor
Editor:
William Hornbeck
Makeup Department Head:
Wally Westmore
Novel:
Theodore Dreiser
Original Music Composer:
Franz Waxman
Other:
Farciot Edouart
Loyal Griggs
Fred Guiol
Howie Horwitz
Producer:
George Stevens
Screenplay:
Michael Wilson
Harry Brown
Set Decoration:
Emile Kuri
Sound Recordist:
Gene Garvin
Gene Merritt
Special Effects:
Gordon Jennings
Stunt Double:
Polly Burson
Helen Thurston
Paul Baxley
Theatre Play:
Patrick Kearney
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