A Place in the Sun
A young man reacting fiercely against his Puritan upbringing, tries to ignore the poor girl he got pregnant, in favour of a rich one. But the poor girl dies as the result of an accident and he is sentenced for murder.
Cast & credits
Cast
- George Eastman Montgomery Clift
- Angela Vickers Elizabeth Taylor
- Alice Tripp Shelley Winters
- Hannah Eastman Anne Revere
- Earl Eastman Keefe Brasselle
- Bellows Fred Clark
- Marlowe Raymond Burr
- Charles Eastman Herbert Heyes
- Anthony Vickers Shepperd Strudwick
- Mrs Vickers Frieda Inescort
- Mrs Louise Eastman Kathryn Givney
- Art Jansen Walter Sande
- judge Ted De Corsia
- coroner John Ridgely
- Marcia Eastman Lois Chartrand
- Morrison Paul Frees
- [Mr Whiting] William Murphy
- [boatkeeper] Douglas Spencer
- [Kelly] Charles Dayton
- [Joe Parker] John Reed
- [Frances Brand] Marilyn Dialon
- [Dr Wyeland] Ian Wolfe
- [secretary to Charles Eastman] Josephine Whittell
- [truck driver] Frank Yaconelli
- [policeman] Ralph Dunn
- [eagle scout] Bob Anderson
- [maid] Lisa Golm
- [Mrs Roberts, the landlady] Mary Kent
- [warden] Kenneth Christy
- [Martha] Kathleen Freeman
- [butler] Eric Wilton
- [motorcycle officer] Mike Mahoney
- [man] Sam Harris
- [butler at Eastman House] Hans Moebus
- [bailiff] Al Ferguson
- [Tom Tipton] James Horne Jr.
- [Miss Harper] Kasey Rogers
- [Miss Newton] Pearl Miller
- [jailer] Philip Kieffer
Credits
Direction
- Directed by George Stevens
- Associate Director Fred Guiol
- Assistant Director C.C. Coleman Jr
Production
- Production Company Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Produced by George Stevens
- Associate Producer Ivan Moffat
- Assistant to the Producer Howie Horwitz
Writing
- Screenplay by Michael Wilson
- Screenplay by Harry Brown
- Based on the novel 'An American Tragedy' Theodore Dreiser
- Based on the play adapted from the novel Patrick Kearney
Photography
- Director of Photography William C. Mellor
Special Effects
- Special Photographic Effects Gordon Jennings
- Process Photography Farciot Edouart
- Process Photography Loyal Griggs
Editing
- Edited by William Hornbeck
Design
- Art Direction Hans Dreier
- Art Direction Walter Tyler
- Set Decoration Emile Kuri
Costumes
- Costumes Edith Head
Make-up
- Make-up Supervision Wally Westmore
Music
- Musical Score by Franz Waxman
Sound
- Sound Recording by Gene Merritt
- Sound Recording by Gene Garvin