Montgomery Clift

Elizabeth Taylor

Shelley Winters

Anne Revere

Keefe Brasselle

Fred Clark

Raymond Burr

Herbert Heyes

Shepperd Strudwick

Frieda Inescort

Kathryn Givney

Walter Sande

Ted de Corsia

John Ridgely

Lois Chartrand

Paul Frees

Robert J. Anderson

Gertrude Astor

John Barton

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Hazel Boyne

John Breen

Steve Carruthers

Ken Christy

Dick Cherney

Pat Combs

Frances Curry

Franklyn Farnum

Bess Flowers

Kathleen Freeman

Art Gilmore

Kenner G. Kemp

Mary Kent

Mike Mahoney

Hank Mann

Harold Miller

William H. O'Brien

Frank O'Connor

Kasey Rogers

Douglas Spencer

Larry Steers

Arthur Tovey

Dorothy Vernon

Josephine Whittell

Eric Wilton

Ian Wolfe

Frank Yaconelli

Ezelle Poule

Herschel Graham

George Stevens

Harry Brown

Michael Wilson

Theodore Dreiser

Helen Thurston

Paul Baxley

Polly Burson

Gordon Jennings

Walter H. Tyler

Fred Guiol

William Hornbeck

Ivan Moffat

Edith Head

William C. Mellor

Hans Dreier

Charles C. Coleman

Farciot Edouart

Loyal Griggs

Wally Westmore

Franz Waxman

Emile Kuri

Howie Horwitz

Gene Garvin

Gene Merritt

Patrick Kearney

Drama

Romance

Crime

A Place in the Sun

Paramount Pictures

George Stevens Jr. Productions

United States of America

CinemaSerf

I think anyone who only recalls Dame Elizabeth Taylor from her later life ought to watch this and perhaps they will begin to appreciate just how beautiful and talented she was - and this is by no means her best effort on screen. This film belongs fairly and squarely to Montgomery Clift. He is "George Eastman", a cousin from the less wealthy branch of the family who seeks employment from his uncle "Charles" (Herbert Heyes). He is politely received and given a fairly lowly job, but it's a start and he can reassure his mother (Anne Revere) whilst courting "Alice" (Shelley Winters). Enter the young "Angela Vickers" (Taylor) who immediately turns his head. He can think of no-one else, she captivates him - he is spellbound. What to do about poor old "Alice" though? She isn't going to just let him dump her, she is in love and she is now expecting his child. Director George Stevens handles the rest of this film will consummate skill. "George" takes "Alice" for a picnic, a boating trip, an accident - and then a trial at which he is accused of clobbering her over the head with an oar before she drowned. Witnesses gather, gossip is traded and opinions are formed that may well send him to the chair... Clift, in his earlier roles, had the ability to mix allure and vulnerability in away seldom seen at the time, and here he develops his character from shy young man to calculating, if out of his depth, lover really well. Shelley Winters rarely disappointed too and again, here, she is strong as the needy yet loving girlfriend spurned. Franz Waxman scores perfectly and the photography is frequently tight and immersing. Court room dramas can be tricky to keep lively, but as we come to the denouement here, there is always some jeopardy as to the verdict. I got that wrong, by the way... Super film, this - big screen if you can.

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