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Overview

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7.4/10   1,625 votes
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Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
James Jones (novel)
John Patrick (writer) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Dave was back and the whole town knew that trouble- and women- were close behind! more
Plot:
Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Some Came Running & Celebrating Sinatra
 (From Spout. 17 November 2008, 8:00 AM, PST)

Some Came Running & Celebrating Sinatra
 (From Spout. 17 November 2008, 8:00 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Godard always had the best taste. more

Cast

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Frank Sinatra ... Dave Hirsh

Dean Martin ... Bama Dillert (professional gambler)

Shirley MacLaine ... Ginnie Moorehead
Martha Hyer ... Gwen French (schoolteacher)
Arthur Kennedy ... Frank Hirsh
Nancy Gates ... Edith Barclay (Frank Hirsh's secretary)
Leora Dana ... Agnes Hirsh
Betty Lou Keim ... Dawn Hirsh
Larry Gates ... Prof. Robert Haven French
Steve Peck ... Raymond Lanchak (Ginny's suitor) (as Steven Peck)
Connie Gilchrist ... Jane Barclay (Edith's mother)
Ned Wever ... Smitty (owner, Smitty's Bar)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
137 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo
Certification:
Canada:PA (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #19154) | West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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This movie was rated number one of the hundred best movies of all time by the German magazine "Der Spiegel". more
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Anachronisms: Although the movie is set in 1948, several cars from as late as the mid-1950s can be seen in the background in certain scenes. more
Quotes:
[In reference to Dave Hirsh's Brother, Frank]
Hotel Clerk: You don't look like him.
Dave Hirsh: Thanks
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Movie Connections:
Featured in A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
To Love And Be Loved more

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22 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
Godard always had the best taste., 27 October 1999
8/10
Author: Darragh O' Donoghue (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from Dublin, Ireland

Typical Minnelli masterpiece, as melodramatic, emotional and stylised as his more famous musicals. Lumpen James Jones novel stripped to the bone, its macho posturings shifted to anatomy of a society. Slow, repetitive narrative mirrors stagnation of such a society. Impotence, disease and writer's block all part of a wider malaise. The psychological visuals are unsurpassed, gaudy, intense floods of light, colour and composition disrupt superficial politeness. Climax one of the greatest in American cinema; the three male leads do the most difficult work of their careers. Shirley MacLaine gets hard deal, though.

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