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Three Coins in the Fountain

  • 19541954
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 42m
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6.3/10
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Rossano Brazzi, Louis Jourdan, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, Jean Peters, and Clifton Webb in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Trailer for this film based on the novel
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Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.
IMDb RATING
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3.5K
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    • Jean Negulesco
    • John Patrick(screen play)
    • John H. Secondari(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Clifton Webb
    • Dorothy McGuire
    • Jean Peters
    • Jean Negulesco
    • John Patrick(screen play)
    • John H. Secondari(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Clifton Webb
    • Dorothy McGuire
    • Jean Peters
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars

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    Three Coins in the Fountain
    Trailer 3:37
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    Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Rossano Brazzi, Louis Jourdan, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, Jean Peters, and Clifton Webb in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Rossano Brazzi, Louis Jourdan, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, Jean Peters, and Clifton Webb in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, and Jean Peters in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Rossano Brazzi and Jean Peters in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Louis Jourdan and Clifton Webb in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
    Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

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    Clifton Webb
    Clifton Webb
    • John Frederick Shadwell
    Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
    • Miss Frances
    Jean Peters
    Jean Peters
    • Anita Hutchins
    Louis Jourdan
    Louis Jourdan
    • Prince Dino di Cessi
    Maggie McNamara
    Maggie McNamara
    • Maria Williams
    Rossano Brazzi
    Rossano Brazzi
    • Giorgio Bianchi
    Howard St. John
    Howard St. John
    • Mr. Burgoyne
    Kathryn Givney
    Kathryn Givney
    • Mrs. Burgoyne
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    • Principessa
    Merry Anders
    Merry Anders
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Larry Arnold
    • Waiter in Select Restaurant
    • (uncredited)
    Dino Bolognese
    • Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Brierre
    • Pepe - Shadwell's Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Iphigenie Castiglioni
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    James Conaty
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Principessa's Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony De Mario
    • Waiter in Venice
    • (uncredited)
    Charles La Torre
    • Chauffeur
    • (uncredited)
      • Jean Negulesco
      • John Patrick(screen play)
      • John H. Secondari(from a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      The first motion picture filmed in CinemaScope outside of the United States. Prior to beginning principal shooting, 20th Century-Fox studio execs warned producer Sol C. Siegel and director Jean Negulesco that they would have a difficult time with the new film format away from the controlled settings of the studio. Siegel and Negulesco solved this dilemma by simply taking the studio's entire technical crew along to Rome.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the final scene at the Trevi fountain, the fountain is dry and being cleaned. Whilst the actors are there, the fountain begins flowing again; when the actors leave, the fountain is completely full -- not a possibility given the size of the fountain and the period of time over which the scene occurs.
    • Quotes

      Woman at Cocktail Party: My husband declares that I was simply born to be a writer. He says if anyone just took a pencil and followed me around, they'd have a novel.

      John Frederick Shadwell: My dear lady, I should be delighted to get behind you with a pencil.

    • Connections
      Featured in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Three Coins in the Fountain
      (1954)

      by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

      Sung by Frank Sinatra (uncredited) during the opening credits

      Sung also by an unseen chorus at the end

    User reviews56

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    Mainly watchable for its scenes of an almost empty Rome, and Jean Peters (sigh)
    It's been plagiarised and remade so many times that it seems very ho-hum these days, but even when I first saw it, aged about 14, I wondered why the gorgeous Dorothy McGuire was considered to be old, and why she felt so strongly for the Clifton Webb character, who clearly (to me) was not romantically interested in women. It's a shame that so little is seen of Anita (Jean Peters, one of those tragically under-used actresses), who is a much more interesting character than the breathtakingly dull Maria (Maggie MacNamara). Maria comes to Rome from the mid West and leaves after a month because she's unsuccessful in hooking a prince. Sad! In fact none of the romantic story lines are credible. It's interesting how little cutting there is in the dramatic scenes - due to the anamorphic lenses, and the heftiness of the cameras, I suppose. It's interesting to contrast with 'North West Passage', released 5 years later. In that exciting movie Geoffrey Unsworth makes great use of the CinemaScope camera.
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    • Oct 7, 2007

    FAQ9

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    • Who sings the opening theme song? His voice sounds familiar.

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    • Release date
      • May 1954 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Dolomites, Italy
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes

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