A Place in the Sun (1951 film)
1951 US drama film by George Stevens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled An American Tragedy. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite. Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as An American Tragedy, in 1931. All these works were inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908.[1]
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| Directed by | George Stevens |
| Screenplay by | Michael Wilson Harry Brown |
| Based on | An American Tragedy 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser An American Tragedy 1926 play by Patrick Kearney |
| Produced by | George Stevens |
| Starring | Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
| Edited by | William Hornbeck |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.3 million |
| Box office | $7 million |
A Place in the Sun was directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters; its supporting actors included Anne Revere and Raymond Burr.[2][3] Burr's performance impressed TV producer Gail Patrick, and would later lead to her casting him as Perry Mason.
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning six Academy Awards and the first-ever Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film is considered one of the greatest American films ever made.[4] In 1991, A Place in the Sun was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".