A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun (1951)

12/06/1951
Drama, Romance, Crime
2h 2m

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

Overview

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

  • George StevensDirector
  • Harry BrownScreenplay
  • Michael WilsonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $2,300,000

  • Revenue

    $7,000,000

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • love at first sight
  • ambition
  • trial
  • black and white
  • attraction
  • heiress
  • rowboat
  • courtship
  • unwanted pregnancy
  • secret relationship
  • factory girl
  • social elite
  • moral crisis
  • romantic triangle

Top Billed Cast

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

George Eastman

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Angela Vickers

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Alice Tripp

Anne Revere

Anne Revere

Hannah Eastman

Keefe Brasselle

Keefe Brasselle

Earl Eastman

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Defense Attorney Bellows

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr

District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

Charles Eastman

Shepperd Strudwick

Shepperd Strudwick

Anthony Vickers

Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

Mrs. Ann Vickers

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