Never Let Me Go (1953)

Philip Sutherland is an American news writer stationed in Moscow since the war; while there he falls for a Russian ballet dancer, Marya Lamarkins, who, he finds out, learned English because... See full summary »

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Andrew Garve (novel), Ronald Millar (screenplay),

Stars:

Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clark Gable	...	Philip Sutherland
Gene Tierney	...	Marya Lamarkina
Bernard Miles	...	Joe Brooks
Richard Haydn	...	Christopher Wellington St. John Denny
Belita	...	Valentina Alexandrovna
Kenneth More	...	Steve Quillan
Karel Stepanek	...	Commissar
Theodore Bikel	...	Lieutenant
Anna Valentina	...	Svetlana Mikhailovna
Frederick Valk	...	Kuragin
Peter Illing	...	N.K.V.D. Man
Robert Henderson	...	U.S. Ambassador
Stanley Maxted	...	John Barnes
Meinhart Maur	...	Lemkov
Alexis Chesnakov	...	General Zhdanov

Storyline

Philip Sutherland is an American news writer stationed in Moscow since the war; while there he falls for a Russian ballet dancer, Marya Lamarkins, who, he finds out, learned English because she fell in love with him. They marry, only to find that the Soviet nation which gladly collaborated with the Allies against Hitler has become a paranoid police state in peacetime. Sutherland is forced to leave without Marya, but he's determined to get her back, whether it be through proper channels, or through dangerously improper ones.

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Plot Keywords:

ballet | baltic sea | sailing | estonia | cold war | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 1953 (USA)

Also Known As:

Es begann in Moskau

Filming Locations:

MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The city presented as Tallinn has a completely different geography than the real Tallinn; the area around the town is flat land.

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Connections

Referenced in Hollywood Mouth (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Swan Lake"
(uncredited)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

User Reviews

A Beautiful Romance between an American and Russian

"Never Let Me Go" is truly Clark Gable's last romantic movie. It shows the hardships on how an American reporter and a Russian ballerina must endure in order to marry and leave Russia. The movie shows how the Russian government interferred with the romance. In real life, Russia would hve done worst things to stop the romance, but this is a Hollywood romantic movie in the 1950's.

Clark Gable and the beautiful Gene Tierney make a beautiful couple and you route for them to escape and live happily ever after. This is a great movie to see on a rainy day or any day. It is on video.