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Director:
Robert Wise
Writers:
William Gibson (play)
Isobel Lennart (screenplay)
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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
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
remarkable time capsule more (17 total)

Cast

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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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Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
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)
Filming Locations:
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Argyle Productions more

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:
A Second Chance more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
remarkable time capsule, 19 May 2007
10/10
Author: dedmedved from United States

The post-beatnik / pre-hippie party scene is truly spectacular as a snapshot of a time/place rarely caught on film. While most of America was still living a black & white Eisenhower existence, this film shows the cutting edge NYC scene that had already moved beyond bebop and Kerouac and was just about to stumble full tilt into the Warhol Factory. The party scene probably seemed about as weird to middle America as the alien bar scene in Star Wars, fifteen years later. But one kid in every high school across the country changed their plans to attend 'State' and filled out last minute applications to NYU; they knew that they would grow old waiting for that world to reach their hometown.

A little known treat for anyone into the early days of "alt".

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