A Place in the Sun

Name: A Place in the Sun
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: August 14, 1951
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Anne Revere, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Clark, Frieda Inescort, Herbert Heyes

1951

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 14, 1951 | Passed

Starring: Anne Revere, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Clark, Frieda Inescort, Herbert Heyes, Keefe Brasselle, Montgomery Clift, Raymond Burr, Shelley Winters, Shepperd Strudwick

Summary: A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Director: George Stevens

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 122 min

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Michael Wilmington

They're a witheringly beautiful couple; ex-cinematographer Stevens lavishes all his gifts of composition, lighting and texture on their closeups. [05 Apr 2007, p.C10]

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Craig Williams

One of the major successes of A Place in the Sun is the way it delicately obfuscates the distinction between romantic longing and personal ambition. Read full review

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Glorious. Read full review

Herb Golden

Stevens has mounted his production lavishly. Undoubtedly cognizant of the shortcomings of the story itself as popular entertainment, studio toppers have wisely permitted the film every possible compensating advantage. The result is a big picture in both concept and execution. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Clift fell in love with his leading lady and helped her through her most difficult scenes, with spellbinding results. Read full review

Pauline Kael

Whatever one's reservations about this famous film, it is impressive, and in the love scene between Taylor and Clift, physical desire seems palpable.

Dave Kehr

George Stevens, a tireless moralizer and part-time embalmer of American myths (Shane), directed this melodramatic adaptation of Dreiser's An American Tragedy, and what does not seem facile in it seems overwrought. Read full review

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dario12

Sep 5, 2021

A Place in the Sun is one very good work that has some great elements in it.
Story here started rather slow for my taste but as time was passing I started to like this film more and more.
Third act was most nicely done and courtroom scene was done in very good way. Characters were also doneA Place in the Sun is one very good work that has some great elements in it.
Story here started rather slow for my taste but as time was passing I started to like this film more and more.
Third act was most nicely done and courtroom scene was done in very good way.
Characters were also done in solid way and they had some kind of depth in them.
Actin was great from entire cast expecely from Taylor and Clift while look of picture was to nice to look at.… Expand

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CodyZamboni

Sep 7, 2019

Tragic soap opera, stunningly photographed, and well acted by Elizabeth Taylor, and in probably his best performance, Montgomery Clift. Taylor has never looked more beautiful onscreen, so Clift's angst ridden choices to stay with his pregnant wife, or peruse true happiness, provides theTragic soap opera, stunningly photographed, and well acted by Elizabeth Taylor, and in probably his best performance, Montgomery Clift. Taylor has never looked more beautiful onscreen, so Clift's angst ridden choices to stay with his pregnant wife, or peruse true happiness, provides the guts that sell this movie.… Expand

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