A place in the sun / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown ; produced and directed by George Stevens.

George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialit...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: Clift, Montgomery (Actor)
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 (Actor)
Winters, Shelley (Actor)
Brasselle, Keefe (Actor)
Stevens, George, 1904-1975 (Production personnel, Director)
Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 (Screenwriter)
Brown, Harry, 1917-1986 (Screenwriter)
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, [2001]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.
Trials (Murder) > Drama.
Young men > Drama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
New York (State) > Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
Note:Based on the novel An American tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the Patrick Kearney play adapted from the novel.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PS3507.R55 A5 2001 VideoDVD
AF9 D0002448 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:0792172841
Credits:Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Franz Waxman.
System Details:DVD, Dolby surround.
Cast:
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters, Keefe Brasselle.