Another Time, Another Place (1958)

Director:

Lewis Allen

Writers:

Lenore J. Coffee (novel)
Stanley Mann (writer)

Release Date:

6 June 1958 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Lana Turner is a female American journalist who has an affair with BBC war correspondent, Sean Connery...

Plot Keywords:

War Correspondent | WWII | BBC | Journalist | Pub

Cast

Lana Turner	...	Sara Scott
Barry Sullivan	...	Carter Reynolds
Glynis Johns	...	Kay Trevor
Sean Connery	...	Mark Trevor
Terence Longdon	...	Alan Thompson
Sid James	...	Jake Klein (as Sidney James)
Martin Stephens	...	Brian Trevor
Doris Hare	...	Mrs. Bunker
Julian Somers	...	Hotel Manager
John Le Mesurier	...	Dr. Aldridge
Cameron Hall	...	Alfy
Jane Welsh	...	Jonesy
Robin Bailey	...	Captain Barnes
Bill Fraser	...	R.E. Sergeant

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:U (re-rating) (2005) | Finland:S | UK:A | USA:Approved (PCA #18891)

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Kaydor

Trivia:

During the shooting of the movie in England, Sean Connery was confronted by a gun-waving Johnny Stompanato, hoodlum boyfriend of Lana Turner. The jealous hood warned Connery to keep away from Lana. Connery answered by decking Johnny. Shortly thereafter, back in the U.S., Stompanato met his end at the hands of the frightened, butcher-knife-wielding teenage daughter of Lana Turner, Cheryl Crane.

Movie Connections:

References The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Soundtrack:

Another Time, Another Place

Silly Romance

In 1945, while in a temporary assignment in London, the "The New York Standard" journalist Sara Scott (Lana Turner) has a torrid love affair with the reporter of BBC Mark Trevor (Sean Connery) and she falls in love for him. Just before the end of the war, they cover a sapper disassembling a bomb and Sara is informed that her boss and fiancé Carter Reynolds (Barry Sullivan) is coming to London to meet her. When she tells the news to Mark, he surprisingly discloses to her after three months of relationship that he is married and has a son in St. Giles, Cornwall, and he loves and will stay with his family. Mark leaves Sara and travels to Paris with his assistant Alan Thompson (Terence Longdon), but the plane crashes and he dies. The grieving Sara has a nervous breakdown and is interned in the Headway Nursing Home for treatment. Six weeks later, Carter buys a ship trip to her from Plymouth to New York; however, Sara decides to visit St. Giles by train before returning to her country. When she meets Mark's wife Kay Trevor (Glynis Johns) and his son Brian (Martin Stephens), she is invited by Kay to stay with them until the next morning. During the night, Sara has a crisis, faints and Kay invites her to stay at her home during for recovering.

The silly "Another Time, Another Place" is an unconvincing romance, with a laughable screenplay. The story begins without a previous development of characters, but sooner the viewer understands that Sara is an experienced American correspondent that writes a column for her newspaper and is engaged of her boss. Mark is a married man that broadcasts news about the war and is having an affair with Sara, and disapproved by his friend and assistant Alan. When Sara tells that her fiancé is coming to London, Mark decides to end his affair since he loves his family. This revelation, associated to the shock of the death of Mark lead Sara to a breakdown. Up to this point, the story is convincing and I have no remarks. However, the decision of Sara to travel to St. Giles is the beginning of an unthinkable attitude of an experienced woman living overseas. The rest of this forgettable movie is pure crap with a corny conclusion, despite the good performance of Glynis Johns and the magnificent locations in Cornwall. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Vítima de uma Paixão" ("Victim of a Passion")