Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 05/13/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Por
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 136 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
After the success of
From Here to Eternity, pairing
Frank Sinatra with another
James Jones novel made perfect sense. Set in the aftermath of World War II, the film stars
Sinatra as a recently discharged soldier whose promising writing career has derailed. After a drunken card game,
Sinatra finds himself aboard a bus for his Indiana hometown of Parktown, with recent acquaintance
Shirley MacLaine in tow. An unrefined good-time girl,
MacLaine allows her affections to settle on the hard-drinking
Sinatra, who wants little to do with her as he reluctantly sets about re-establishing ties he thought to have abandoned over a decade before. These include a brother (
Arthur Kennedy) unable to discard his salesman's persona, his disapproving wife (
Leora Dana), and their teenage daughter (
Betty Lei Keim). Meanwhile,
Sinatra makes a variety of new acquaintances both respectable and otherwise, including a local gambler (
Dean Martin) and a creative writing instructor (
Martha Hyer) smitten with his writing and possibly with him. Shaking up the complacency of his small hometown more by accident than design,
Sinatra forces all those around him to reevaluate their behavior. After a variety of smaller parts, this is the role that cemented
MacLaine's name, earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
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from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Two Rat Packers---One Post-War Drama.
Vincente Minnelli, the Oscar-winning director of An American in Paris and Gigi brings another James Jones novel to life on the big screen. This was the first pairing of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in one motion picture with Ol' Blue Eyes playing a World War II veteran, whose homecoming to the town of Parkman is met with hypocrisy and Dino is a sharp-witted cardsharp with a passion for women and booze. Shirley MacLaine also stars as a good-hearted floozie, who tries to get Frank to love her. Also starring Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Steven Peck, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Janelle Richards, Denny Miller, Marion Ross, and Len Lesser. For all you fans of Frank and Dino, you don't want to miss it.
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