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Anne Revere, Elizabeth Taylor, Keefe Brasselle

A social climber in love with a wealthy beauty figures out how to get rid of his poor, pregnant girlfriend.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 2 min.

Directed by: George Stevens

Release Date: January 1, 1951

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DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001

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  • hobster1
    August 12, 2009
    hobster1
    Unforgettable drama concerns young George Eastman, a destitute, though charming, blue collar worker who becomes romantically entangled with two women, one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory and the other a beautiful socialite. Rarely has a romantic tragedy been so emotiona...( read more)lly graphic in exposing the true yearning of people in love. Profound drama cuts through the depths of human behavior in a way that will make you uncomfortable. There is real heartbreak here, but also real desire. The full facial close-ups of Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor enrapt in passion are nothing less than spellbinding. Taylor, in fact, is breathtakingly gorgeous and Clift is fascinating as the morally troubled young man. Shelley Winters, who also stars, is a standout as the woman who will not be ignored. And this film is not to be missed.
  • dooritor1
    May 1, 2008
    dooritor1
    cute story line. but its not a good movie.
  • groaningbitch
    January 22, 2008
    groaningbitch
    "a place in the sun" is the milestone for the careers of montgomery clift and elizabeth taylor, adapted from theodore dreiser's another classic called "an american tragedy"...inevitably the movie is somehow embellished with the dreaminess of first love, how could audience resist ...( read more)such a divine bond of clift and taylor who could two of the most fair-looking people on earth?

    it's a sad tale about a poor young lad named george who intends to evolve himself by purchuing a work position in his uncle's enterprise. then to cope with loneliness and his raging libido, he dives into a frivolous relationship with his female co-worker(winters)...but trouble occurs as he encounters his goddess heaven above, angela, the symbol of everything he craves for: wealth, fame, status, of course she's also so damned beautiful that he's immediately capitivated as the prisoner of his love for her. amazingly angela also falls head over heels in love with timid but gorgeous george. meanwhile his transient girlfriend happens to be conceived of his child... now george has to confront a moral issue, how should he get rid of this nuisance who will hinder his life ambition, his career and his mostly intense passion? then he schemes to drown her in some lake as some unknown victim...could george be able to pull this task off???

    as usual, the production romanticizes the story by savoring taylor's role as a debutante socialitte who is an indifferent snob in the original, and the script beautifies her as a prime gently innocent woman firstly in love with a poor lad. when it comes to the part of monty clift, this movie does do justice to the inward conflicts of the protagonist who is ashamed of his prole background and tangled with mental chaos of "to be or not to be"....at the scene he's on the boat with shirley winters in the lake, his pupils are foggily dazed with various complexity, you could sense hatred, animosity shimmered upon his transparent pupils, but a sudden ease of mercy strikes, the gaze of his eyes get softened right away. thru various scenes, the audience feels the empathy of diverse emotions thru monty's effectively expressive eyes relentlessly, then you shall witness the essence of good actings.

    despite the romanticism of taylor and clift, this flick still vents the core of the protagonist's disorientated thoughts thanks to monty's performance, such as his aspiration to climb toward the top by staring into the company advertisement and the expensive convertible of taylor's. basically the original novel attempts to render a sort of existentialistic bewilderment when the protagonist approaches the death sentence still without a sense of salved comprehesion toward his god nor a bit mercy granted by the rich girl whom he thught he loved, at last he suffers from the angst of estray life right toward his demise. but in the flick, everything's relieved due to the baptism of love and his finally enlightened atonement: the last image flashes to monty's mind is taylor's contour as she kisses him while he's looming toward the gas chamber.

    but this flick is still worthy of acclaim for its daring attitude to tackle the taboo of pre-marital pregancy and possibly concocted abortion at moralistic 50s with maccthyism. but what intruded the censor to forbid this flick and require some edited revison for release? the long ignited kiss of taylor and clift. ha.
  • wellmeetagain
    December 7, 2007
    wellmeetagain
    Elizabeth Taylor is fine, but Clift and Winters are outstanding. Intense and tragic.
  • binky013
    April 21, 2007
    binky013
    Poor Shelley Winters. What a way to go. Clift is excellent, and Taylor lights up the screen. It really is the intention. The chair is inevitable.
  • hanbaz
    October 29, 2009
    hanbaz
    Such a beautiful film about a social climber who makes an attachment too a woman he works with and at the same time falls in love with a wealthy woman who is in fact so sincere and caring. However complications arise
    and he must do his duty but cannot live with it so forgets his...( read more) morals but sees the light but its too late and his life is already falling apart and he will not have the life he deserves.

    The camera fadeovers and pauses truly capture the emotion and that 50's style of drawn at tension, which works.

    Its an upsetting but uplifting at the end due to such a passionate and caring love amongst the restraint of their lifestyles and troubles.

    A great storyline, cast and cinematography its a worthwhile film.
  • PoofyPuff1000
    October 16, 2009
    PoofyPuff1000
    Montgomery Clift's performance was absolutely heartbreking.
  • lizzi08
    October 14, 2009
    lizzi08
    I love the sinister (or was he really) Montgomery Clift in this film. He is somehow romantic and murderous, seducing and repulsive at once.
  • Arianeta
    October 11, 2009
    Arianeta
    "I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I even loved you before I saw you"
    In one of the most romantic performances ever filmed, in an extended scene of budding romance, this film captured the sensuous and electrifying romantic interplay betwe...( read more)en rich socialite Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor) and poor factory worker George Eastman (Montgomery Clift)
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  • JATbobDYLAN93
    September 4, 2009
    JATbobDYLAN93
    an Amazing movie, with a great story, great actors and a great director.

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