Directed by:
Vincente MinnelliScreenplay:
John PatrickCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Steve Peck, James Jones (more)Plots(1)
Slice-of-life drama, which takes place at the end of World War II. When an ex-soldier, who's also an aspiring writer, becomes intoxicated, he's sent back to his home in the midwest -- a place he'd hoped never to see again. He despises his brother and sister-in-law, and wants nothing to do with them; he does however, fall head-over-heels for an acquaintance of theirs. He enlists the help of a good friend to deal with the situation, but even there tragedy looms... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Dean Martin
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Airport (1970)
The Young Lions (1958)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
Martha Hyer
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Chase (1966)
Born to Kill (1947)
Arthur Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Window (1949)
Nancy Gates
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Nevada (1944)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Leora Dana
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Shoot the Moon (1982)
Betty Lou Keim
USA
Best movies:
Some Came Running (1958)
Larry Gates
USA
Best movies:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Airport (1970)
Steve Peck
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Some Came Running (1958)
James Jones
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Some Came Running (1958)
Marion Ross
USA
Best movies:
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Lust for Life (1956)
Sabrina (1954)
George E. Stone
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Front Page (1931)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Len Lesser
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
Denny Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
V (1983) (TV movie)
The Party (1968)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
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Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
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The Big Country (1958)
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Ric Roman
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Big Heat (1953)
Connie Gilchrist
USA
Best movies:
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Little Women (1949)
Act of Violence (1948)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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