Drama ·Romance ·Crime · United States of America · 1951 · 2h 2m

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun poster
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Montgomery Clift as George Eastman Elizabeth Taylor as Angela Vickers Shelley Winters as Alice Tripp Anne Revere as Hannah Eastman Keefe Brasselle as Earl Eastman Fred Clark as Defense Attorney Bellows
Crew
William C. Mellor — Director of Photography William Hornbeck — Editor Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer Harry Brown — Screenplay Michael Wilson — Screenplay Theodore Dreiser — Novel
Tagline

Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!

Synopsis

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Trailer A Place in the Sun — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or booklove at first sightambitiontrialblack and whiteattractionheiressrowboatcourtshipunwanted pregnancysecret relationshipfactory girl
Key Collaborators
George Stevens Director William C. Mellor Director of Photography William Hornbeck Editor Franz Waxman Original Music Composer Harry Brown Screenplay Michael Wilson Screenplay Theodore Dreiser Novel George Stevens Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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