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Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life

  • TV Movie
  • 19611961
  • 1h 30m
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6.8/10
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Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961)
  • Drama
  • Romance
Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her straitlaced relati... Read allHelen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her straitlaced relatives are up in arms. But Clare Lester, Helen's grandmother, says the girl is free to join t... Read allHelen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her straitlaced relatives are up in arms. But Clare Lester, Helen's grandmother, says the girl is free to join the man she loves. On one condition, that she listen to the story of a day in Clare's own l... Read all
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  • Director
    • Silvio Narizzano
  • Writers
    • John Mortimer(teleplay)
    • Stefan Zweig(novel "24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau")
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Rip Torn
    • Helena de Crespo
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  • Director
    • Silvio Narizzano
  • Writers
    • John Mortimer(teleplay)
    • Stefan Zweig(novel "24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau")
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Rip Torn
    • Helena de Crespo
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

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    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Clare Lesteras Clare Lester
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • Paulas Paul
    Helena de Crespo
    • Helen Lesteras Helen Lester
    Jerry Orbach
    Jerry Orbach
    • Cristofas Cristof
    Boris Aplon
    • Drunk Manas Drunk Man
    Lili Darvas
    Lili Darvas
    • Louiseas Louise
    Cynthia Latham
    • Mildred Lesteras Mildred Lester
    Jock Livingston
    • Young Car Driveras Young Car Driver
    Pat Malone
    • Freddy Lesteras Freddy Lester
    Hedley Rainnie
    • Edward Lesteras Edward Lester
    Michael Shillo
    • Hotel Desk Clerkas Hotel Desk Clerk
    Louis Sorin
    Louis Sorin
    • Old Car Driveras Old Car Driver
    Sándor Szabó
    Sándor Szabó
    • Russianas Russian
    George Turner
    • Joe Lesteras Joe Lester
    Joan White
    Joan White
    • Lucy Lesteras Lucy Lester
    John Williams
    John Williams
    • Stevensas Stevens
    • Director
      • Silvio Narizzano
    • Writers
      • John Mortimer(teleplay)
      • Stefan Zweig(novel "24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau")
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    A 1961 black and white film made for television and poorly and unfairly received, this work is based upon a novella by Stefan Zweig, and provides an interesting story, told in spare and elegant fashion and, typically for the Austrian writer: in flashback, of a middle-aged woman who is persuaded by her family to travel through Europe as a means of overcoming longstanding grief at the death of her husband, to whom she was married for 17 years. While in Monte Carlo, the woman (Ingrid Bergman) meets with a family friend, played tastefully by John Williams, who escorts her to a casino where her path crosses that of a young gambler (Rip Torn), a depressive with the customary problem of wagerers, that of having lost everything, and she and the young man become entangled in a brief relationship that will mark the woman for the remainder of her life. The scenario, by novelist John Mortimer, is a faithful transcription of the original, with a challenging part for Bergman, and the only real weakness of the production is a tendency of Method-trained Torn to attack and hurry his lines; the score by John Kleinsinger is appropriately romantic and the ending, with the woman now old and recalling the events of the narrative, is strikingly subtle.
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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1961 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 24 horas en la vida de una mujer
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Associated Television (ATV)
      • CBS Television Network
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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