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6.9/10   88 votes
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Director:
King Vidor
Writers:
Lenore J. Coffee (writer)
Margaret Echard (novel)
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Release Date:
25 June 1951 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery more
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Richard and Shelley?No, Harvey and Liza! more

Cast

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Richard Todd ... Richard Trevelyan
Ruth Roman ... Shelley Carnes
Mercedes McCambridge ... Liza McStringer
Zachary Scott ... Harvey Fortescue Turner
Darryl Hickman ... String
Frank Conroy ... J.D. Nolan
Kathryn Givney ... Myra Nolan

Rhys Williams ... Father Paul
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Richard and Shelley?No, Harvey and Liza!, 25 November 2007
Author: dbdumonteil

King Vidor's movie are at their best when they depict greed,passion,mad love ,hate: so are "Duel in the sun" "fountainhead" "beyond the forest " and "Ruby Gentry" .Jennifer Jones was par excellence the romantic actress ,Bette Davis ("Beyond the forest") was at her bitchiest .Ruth Roman is too cold and too emotionally remote to convey such feelings.I'm much more interested in Mercedes McCambridge's Liza but sadly her part is underwritten and except in her final scenes she is not given a single chance to shine.Ditto for Richard Todd as Richard: we want more of Zachary Scott ,whose character is much less bland than the hero.Todd/Roman are an unexciting pairing.

That said,it is a well-told story even if there are plot holes .But the film lacks focus ,intensity,madness,Vidor's trademark.

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