From the Terrace (1960)
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38% of critics liked it
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68% of users liked it
(1,035 ratings)
This adaptation of John O'Hara's From the Terrace stars Paul Newman as Alfred Eaton, an unhappily married financial adviser, while his real-life wife, Joanne Woodward, portrays Mary St. John, his promiscuous screen spouse. Mary's libertine behavior is a by-product of her husband's… More This adaptation of John O'Hara's From the Terrace stars Paul Newman as Alfred Eaton, an unhappily married financial adviser, while his real-life wife, Joanne Woodward, portrays Mary St. John, his promiscuous screen spouse. Mary's libertine behavior is a by-product of her husband's inability to express love and affection, a trait he has inherited from his cold-blooded father. Mark Robson directs and Myrna Loy heads up a large supporting cast as Newman's alcoholic mother. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Robson
- Written By
- Ernest Lehman
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1960 Wide
- On DVD
- May 20, 2003
- Studio
- Fox
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
From The Terrace builds up to one big cliche.
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, Time Out
Robson's film is still highly watchable, with Paul and Joanne pretending their marriage is on the rocks, and all sorts of machinations in the boardroom and the bedroom.
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Howard Thompson, New York Times
This is a handsome picture, well-performed and emotionally intriguing as it describes the rise of a young business man and the corrosive dead-lock of his loveless marriage.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
A tolerable (if interminable) piece of mediocrity from 1960.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Just as disappointing as the other John O'Hara novel made into a movie that year, Butterfield 8 with Liz Taylor, but without that film's melodramatic juice, though Paul Newman is well cast as the ambitious, upwardly mobile man in moral crisis.
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Cast
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Paul Newman
as Alfred Eaton
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Joanne Woodward
as Mary St. John
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Myrna Loy
as Martha Eaton
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Ina Balin
as Natalie
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Leon Ames
as Samuel Eaton
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Elizabeth Allen (I)
as Sage Rimmington
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Felix Aylmer
as MacHardie
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George Grizzard
as Lex Porter
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Patrick O'Neal
as Dr. Jim Roper
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Raymond Greenleaf
as Fritz Thornton
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Malcolm Atterbury
as George Fry
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Raymond Bailey
as Mr. St. John
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Ted de Corsia
as Mr. Benziger
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Howard Caine
as Duffy
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Kathryn Givney
as Mrs. St. John
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Dorothy Adams
as Mrs. Benziger
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Lauren Gilbert
as Frolick
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Cecil Elliott
as Josephine
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Marie Blake
as Nellie
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Gordon B. Clarke
as Weinkoop
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Ralph Dunn
as Jones
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Barbara Eden
as Clemmie
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Rory Harrity
as Steve Rimmington
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Mae Marsh
as Governess
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Ottola Nesmith
as Lady Sevringham
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Bill Quinn
as Von Elm
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Stuart Randall
as Kelly
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Felippa Rock
as Jean Duggy
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Jim Martin
as Sandy
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Clive L. Halliday
as Lord Sevringham
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Elektra Rozanska
as Mrs. Ripley
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John Harding
as Newton Orchid
