A Place in the Sun
“Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!”
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
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Cast
49 people
Montgomery Clift
George Eastman
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Elizabeth Taylor
Angela Vickers
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Shelley Winters
Alice Tripp
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Anne Revere
Hannah Eastman
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Keefe Brasselle
Earl Eastman
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Fred Clark
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Raymond Burr
District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe
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Rear Window
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Herbert Heyes
Charles Eastman
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Shepperd Strudwick
Anthony Vickers
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All the King's Men
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Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Ann Vickers
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Kathryn Givney
Louise Eastman
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Walter Sande
Defense Attorney Art Jansen
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George Stevens Director · Harry Brown Screenplay Michael Wilson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7M · Budget $2.3M · United States release August 28, 1951
Box office
Budget
$2,300,000
Worldwide gross
$7,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
George Stevens Jr. Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · April 5, 1951
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · August 28, 1951
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
August 14, 1951 · Premiere · Los Angeles, California
Austria
March 21, 1952 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 12, 1951 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD/VHS Videolar
France
April 9, 1952 · Theatrical
Germany
June 12, 1951 · Theatrical
Greece
July 23, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Japan
September 24, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 11, 2002 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
November 26, 1953 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 17, 1952 · Theatrical
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