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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   1,933 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Clifford Odets (play)
George Seaton (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 May 1955 (USA) more
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Tagline:
How far should a woman go...to redeem the man she loves?
Plot:
A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, whom he believes is the cause of all the man's problems. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations more
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(6 articles)
SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)

Kelly's Wardrobe Set For Display
 (From WENN. 10 December 2009, 12:11 AM, PST)

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Fake high art... more (46 total)

Cast

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Bing Crosby ... Frank Elgin

Grace Kelly ... Georgie Elgin

William Holden ... Bernie Dodd
Anthony Ross ... Philip Cook
Gene Reynolds ... Larry
Jacqueline Fontaine ... Lounge singer
Eddie Ryder ... Ed
Robert Kent ... Paul Unger
John W. Reynolds ... Henry Johnson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Country Girl (Australia) (TV title)
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Runtime:
104 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #17063, General Audience) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2004) | Singapore:PG

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Trivia:
During the flashback scene inside the recording studio where Crosby sings "The Search is Though," that's Victor Young in a bit part playing the conductor. Also, the scene was shot inside the famed Paramount scoring stage where Young conducted so many of his film scores. more
Quotes:
Georgie Elgin: Frank's on stage.
Bernie Dodd: I know. I want to talk to you.
Georgie Elgin: The last time we talked, Mr. Dodd, you reduced me to tears. I promise you, it won't happen again.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Dallas: Country Girl (#12.15)" (1989) more
Soundtrack:
The Land Around Us more

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13 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Fake high art..., 1 January 2006
6/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Stage director William Holden fights with his producer over casting alcoholic-on-the-mend singer Bing Crosby as the lead in their newest musical production; Crosby's wife Grace Kelly, a no-nonsense type who dresses glumly, appears to be Crosby's rock but may in fact be what's crippling him. Peculiar melodrama is absorbing and interesting, well-paced and literate, but is also show-offy and fairly shallow. Everyone is unnaturally tense and forlorn, and the spirit of the piece is held back to showcase all the angst. Kelly won a Best Actress Oscar, and although her acting is solid, it's a clichéd part (one waits for her to make that visible transformation, and it happens right on cue; though to credit the filmmakers, a big fuss isn't made of it). Crosby was an odd choice for the role of the former star on the comeback trail; his style of acting is resolutely old-fashioned and, although he does good work, he looks so much older than Holden and Kelly--and his general style is older still--his performance sequences seem distinctly out-of-touch (even for 1954). Holden is the acting stand-out (he was the only one of the three leads not Oscar-nominated), and his innate grit and conflict are something the viewer can get a grip on; Holden immediately connects with the audience because he is completely focused and seems to bring this mannered material back down to earth (he makes it mean something). The plot functions are square and uptight, and the musical production within the film looks pretty hoary, but the drama and human interaction is still worthwhile on a soap opera level. **1/2 from ****

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