All Mine to Give (1957)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Allen Reisner

Writers:

Katherine Albert (screenplay)
Dale Eunson (screenplay)

Release Date:

January 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

An immigrant family in 1850's Wisconsin prospers until tragedy strikes.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Family Relationships | Parent | Hypochondriac | Christmas

Cast

Glynis Johns	...	Mamie
Cameron Mitchell	...	Robert
Rex Thompson	...	Robbie
Patty McCormack	...	Annabelle
Ernest Truex	...	Doctor Delbert
Hope Emerson	...	Mrs. Pugmire
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Tom Cullen (as Alan Hale)
Sylvia Field	...	Lelia Delbert
Royal Dano	...	Howard Tyler
Reta Shaw	...	Mrs. Runyon
Stephen Wootton	...	Jimmy
Butch Bernard	...	Kirk
Yolanda White	...	Elizabeth
Rita Johnson	...	Katie Tyler
Ellen Corby	...	Mrs. Raiden

Also Known As:

The Day They Gave Babies Away (UK)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Iceland:12

Company:

Sam Wiesenthal Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As young Robbie leaves his house for the last time, the camera angle reveals the snowy backdrop to be on a sound stage as the catwalk is seen clearly for a second or two.

Raw, hard emotion

This movie is the most heart-wrenching movie I have ever seen, and I will never forget it. I first saw the movie in a parochial grade school in the early 1960s. The nuns thought it would be good for us; and it was. This movie has stayed in the front of my mind for all of my life. The memories evoke emotions in everyday life allowing more compassion towards others in terrible plights. This movie truly shows human emotion so strong one thinks it is real. The acting is superb!! I still get shivers when I think of what one child alone in the world had to face, both physically and emotionally. I don't think I could have been that courageous. No special effects needed here - bring a hankie!!