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A Place In The Sun Reviews

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Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, .. Read more

Starring	Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere
Director	George Stevens
Genres	Drama

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  More than melodrama...
  
  What starts looking like three hanky tale about a girl loved and left (Shelley Winters is excellant in the part) quickly moves towards tragedy in a relentless ... read more »
  
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  Epic Romantic Picture based on Dreiser's "An American Tragedy"
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  George Stevens' much-praised 'A Place in the Sun' is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel 'An American Tragedy', itself based on a ... read more »
  
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- - CarlHalling
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  - 14 Apr 2012 at 02:42
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  Beautiful & thought provoking
  
  She is beautiful, he is beautiful, and you will be left wondering what you REALLY think for days afterwards... top stuff
  
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- - PCGoodie
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  - 19 Jun 2011 at 16:22
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  A place in the bin
  
  Very much the film of the novel. Dreiser's An American Tragedy is one of the 'great American novels' that could never quite swim the Atlantic. If it... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Jun 2011 at 10:04
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  Beautiful Couple
  
  Great to see the screen presence between Taylor and Clift. He definitely has a magnetic pull on the camera and she is just amazingly stunningly beautiful. ... read more »
  
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- - 5ft7offootballheaven
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  - London
  - 05 Mar 2011 at 09:58
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  A PLACE IN THE SUN
  
  The type of romantic tragedy that hollywood used to excel at , 'a place in the sun' remains compelling viewing to this day - mainly down to the ... read more »
  
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  - EDINBURGH
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 15:17
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  A Place in the Sun
  
  I love watching old movies - I don't care if the plot is outdated - it's just sheer pleasure to sit back and watch the film stars whom in my youth I ... read more »
  
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  - Wakefield
  - 20 May 2010 at 17:42
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  Heart Wrenching
  
  Great to see Taylor and Clift together again!
  
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- - citygirl
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  - 21 May 2009 at 16:44
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  aaaaa
  
  Shelley Winters puts in a powerful performance alongside the other worldly handsome Cliff. A movie which I will probably watch once a year.
  
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  - Manchester
  - 30 Dec 2008 at 21:53
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  excellent film brilliant from start to finish i loved it so much
  
  this film kept me captivated from the very start you cant help but to fall in love with the mongomery clift character of the lonley boy it keeps you keen to ... read more »
  
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- - roseann
  - milton keynes england
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 16:27
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  Tale of love and greed
  
  A Place In The Sun tells the story of George (Clift) who goes to work for his wealthy uncle. There he begins an affair with co-worker Alice (Winters), but when ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin M
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 26 Apr 2006 at 22:08
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  More than melodrama...
  
  What starts looking like three hanky tale about a girl loved and left (Shelley Winters is excellant in the part) quickly moves towards tragedy in a relentless ... read more »
  
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  - Hurdlemagurdle
  - 77 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 25 Jun 2004 at 14:40
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  MONTY AND LIZ SIZZLE TOGETHER
  
  Liz Taylor plays the vampish rich girl to perfection, while Monty gives his usual understated performance, a tortured soul if ever there was one.
  
  The... read more »
  
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- - garabaldi
  - uk
  - 06 Apr 2005 at 12:36
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  A place in history
  
  An enduring and swooning romance with an underbelly of fatalism as poor boy Clift tries to better himself by moving up a social set and finds that destiny has ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
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  - London
  - 17 Dec 2005 at 00:16
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  excellent film brilliant from start to finish i loved it so much
  
  this film kept me captivated from the very start you cant help but to fall in love with the mongomery clift character of the lonley boy it keeps you keen to ... read more »
  
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- - roseann
  - milton keynes england
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 16:27
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  A PLACE IN THE SUN
  
  The type of romantic tragedy that hollywood used to excel at , 'a place in the sun' remains compelling viewing to this day - mainly down to the ... read more »
  
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  - EDINBURGH
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 15:17
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  Good entertainment
  
  This 1951 film is a classic starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery cliff and shelley Winters. A story of a young man who comes from a religious and poor family... read more »
  
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  - Devon England
  - 20 Jan 2006 at 21:51
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  Tale of love and greed
  
  A Place In The Sun tells the story of George (Clift) who goes to work for his wealthy uncle. There he begins an affair with co-worker Alice (Winters), but when ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin M
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 26 Apr 2006 at 22:08
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  aaaaa
  
  Shelley Winters puts in a powerful performance alongside the other worldly handsome Cliff. A movie which I will probably watch once a year.
  
  Report this review
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  - Manchester
  - 30 Dec 2008 at 21:53
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  Heart Wrenching
  
  Great to see Taylor and Clift together again!
  
  Report this review
- 760795
- - citygirl
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 21 May 2009 at 16:44
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  A Place in the Sun
  
  I love watching old movies - I don't care if the plot is outdated - it's just sheer pleasure to sit back and watch the film stars whom in my youth I ... read more »
  
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- 892893
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Jammyhouse
  - 122 reviews
  - Wakefield
  - 20 May 2010 at 17:42

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- A Place In The Sun
  
  Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a ...