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Director:

Robert Wise

Writers:

William Gibson (play)
Isobel Lennart (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

24 November 1962 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

a square from Nebraska? an off-beatnik from Greenwich Village? It just didn't figure... that they would... that they could... that they did!

Plot:

Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

The rusty mechanisms (and theatricality) of the plot is saved by the leads... more (17 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Robert Mitchum ... Jerry Ryan

Shirley MacLaine ... Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Edmon Ryan ... Frank Taubman
Elisabeth Fraser ... Sophie
Eddie Firestone ... Oscar
Billy Gray ... Mr. Jacoby
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Additional Details

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:12 (DVD rating) | Spain:15 | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | Ireland:PG | France:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | UK:PG (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman were both set to do this film but when Taylor became ill during the early filming of Cleopatra (1963), Newman was able to do The Hustler (1961) instead. more

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Gittle pours milk into a pan so she can make warm milk - but she only leaves it on stove for about five seconds. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994) (V) more

Soundtrack:

Gitana more


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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
The rusty mechanisms (and theatricality) of the plot is saved by the leads..., 5 August 2001
7/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

The frustrating loop-de-loops of an uncertain love relationship between a Greenwich Village kook-dancer and a Midwestern suit-and-tie lawyer on the verge of divorcing his wife of 12 years. Obviously derived from a stage play, as the lines of dialogue have not been reworked for the screen. It's awfully pedantic; for instance, we know the characters' names, they know their names, so why do they keep saying to each other, "Jerry?", "Yes, Gittle?" "I'm sorry, Jerry." "I know, Gittle." The performances by Shirley MacLaine and Robert Mitchum are excellent (we like them even before their self-doubting, insecure characters take shape), but this stage-vehicle hasn't been turned into a star-vehicle, and the leads banter back and forth in a curiously under-populated vacuum. There are compensations: the black-and-white cinematography is terrific and Andre Previn's "Apartment"-like music is rapturous. *** from ****

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