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6.4/10   376 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Eugene O'Neill (play)
Irwin Shaw (writer)
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Release Date:
6 May 1958 (Japan) more
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Plot:
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Not As Good As The Play more (15 total)

Cast

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Sophia Loren ... Anna Cabot

Anthony Perkins ... Eben Cabot

Burl Ives ... Ephriam Cabot

Frank Overton ... Simeon Cabot
Pernell Roberts ... Peter Cabot
Rebecca Welles ... Lucinda Cabot (as Rebecca Wells)
Jean Willes ... Florence Cabot
Anne Seymour ... Eben's mother
Roy Fant ... Fiddler
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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Trivia:
Motion picture debut of Pernell Roberts. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Not As Good As The Play, 31 August 2004
7/10
Author: dfmclean from Maryland, USA

This movie was made primarily as a star vehicle and things like the artistic integrity of the plot were thought of as unimportant. Needless to say, the movie suffered noticeably.

I saw this movie originally as part of a course on plays made into movies. Though this wasn't the most badly manhandled of the plays that we studied, it is a close second to "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" which became "About Last Night" staring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad movie, but it could have been great.

As much as I hate to say it, this is one of the rare cases where a remake might be in order. It is possible to imagine that a director willing to make a more faithful rendition could easily create something better than the original.

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