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1957

An American in the Italian Army is wounded in action. He is nursed back to health by a pretty nurse. A remake of the 1932 original. Read more

Starring	Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Elaine Stritch
Director	Charles Vidor
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- Elaborate ill-fated remake which tried to make an adventure epic out of a low-key war drama. Its failure caused David O. Selznick to produce no more films.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  Good,but dated
  
  A good balance between a war story and a love story.It would have been better if the leading lady was a better acrtress.Aparently she was married to the ... read more »
  
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  Life's a bitch
  
  I first saw this film forty years ago I then remember being very impressed. Jennifer Jones who enchanted the young me then now seemed more than a little ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Jun 2005 at 23:29
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  Good,but dated
  
  A good balance between a war story and a love story.It would have been better if the leading lady was a better acrtress.Aparently she was married to the ... read more »
  
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Critics' reviews
- Elaborate ill-fated remake which tried to make an adventure epic out of a low-key war drama. Its failure caused David O. Selznick to produce no more films.
- 34558
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
- Inflated remake of Frank Borzage's classic 1932 adaptation of the Hemingway novel (almost literally twice the length),... read more on Time Out
- 47843
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18

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