A Place in the Sun (1951)

USA, 122 min
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Basic facts

Original title A Place in the Sun
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1952-01-17

Cast

Montgomery Clift
George Eastman

Elizabeth Taylor
Angela Vickers

Shelley Winters
Alice Tripp

Anne Revere
Hannah Eastman, Georges mor

Keefe Brasselle
Earl Eastman, Georges kusin

Fred Clark
Bellows, Georges försvarsadvokat

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Titles

Original title
  • A Place in the Sun
Swedish release title
  • En plats i solen

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director
Associate Producer
Production Assistant
Special Photographic Effects
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor

Cast

Montgomery Clift George Eastman
Elizabeth Taylor Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters Alice Tripp
Anne Revere Hannah Eastman, Georges mor
Keefe Brasselle Earl Eastman, Georges kusin
Fred Clark Bellows, Georges försvarsadvokat
Raymond Burr Frank Marlowe, allmänne åklagaren
Herbert Heyes Charles Eastman, Georges farbror
Shepperd Strudwick Anthony Vickers, Angelas far
Frieda Inescort Ann Vickers, Angelas mor
Kathryn Givney Louise Eastman, Georges faster
Walter Sande Art Jansen, försvarsadvokat
Ted de Corsia domare R.S. Oldendorff
John Ridgely coronern
Lois Chartrand Marcia, Earls syster
William R. Murphy Mr. Whiting, förman
Douglas Spencer båtuthyraren
Charles Dayton Kelly, Marlowes medhjälpare
Paul Frees Morrison, prästen i dödscellen
Ian Wolfe doktor Williams
Kathleen Freeman Martha, fabriksarbeterska
Josephine Whittell Charles Eastmans sekreterare
Frank Yaconelli lastbilschaufför
Ralph Dunn polis
Bobby Anderson Eagle Scout
Mary Kent Mrs. Roberts, hyresvärdinnan
Lisa Golm hembiträde
Ezelle Poule receptionist
Jay Morley direktör
Wallace Scott fabriksvakt
Eric Wilton butler
Al Ferguson utmätningsman
Gertrude Astor en kvinna
Lulu Mae Bohrman en kvinna
Sam Harris (as Major Sam Harris) en man
Harold McNulty juryns talesman
Carmencita Johnson en flicka
Marilyn Dialon Frances Brand
John Reed Joe Parker
Kasey Rogers (as Laura Elliot) Miss Harper
Philip H. Kieffer fångvaktare
James W. Horne Tom Tipton
Mike Mahoney motorcykelpolis
Hans Moebus butler hos Eastmans
Ken Christy fängelsedirektören
Pearl Miller Miss Newton
Robert Malcolm vakt
Len Hendry vakt
Frank Hyers vakt
Ed O'Neill polis
Lee Miller busschaufför
Bill Sheehan tjänsteman i domstolen
Mike Donovan (as Mike Pat Donovan) fånge
Joe Recht fånge
Martin Mason fånge
Louise Lane
Cliff Storey
Harold Miller
Pat Combs
Marion Gray
Ann Fredrick (as Ann Fredericks)
La Verne "Sonny" Howe
Dolores Hall

Companies

Production Company Paramount Pictures Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Paramount
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB 2004

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 79454
Date 1951-10-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3335 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3335 meter
Length in minutes 122 min


Original work

Original title An American Tragedy (Novel)
Author Theodore Dreiser


Original title An American Tragedy (Play)
Author Patrick Kearney


Production location

USA 1949-10 1950-01-03
Paramount Studios Los Angeles
Lake Tahoe Nevada
Echo Lake Nevada
Cascade Lake Nevada

Release dates

First showing 1951-08 Fine Arts Theater Beverly Hills USA 122 min
Release in Sweden 1952-01-17 Saga Stockholm Sweden 122 min
TV showing 1982-07-04 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1991-04-02
1991-04-05
1991-09-16
1992-09-06
1997-02-27
DVD release 2004-06-30 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2006-04-13

Awards

Academy Award of Merit 1952 George Stevens Bästa regissör
1952 Michael Wilson Bästa manus
1952 Harry Brown Bästa manus
1952 William C. Mellor Bästa foto
1952 William Hornbeck Bästa klippning
1952 Franz Waxman Bäst originalmusik
1952 Edith Head Bästa kläddesign

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Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm
Length 1317


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm
Length 1301


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm


Size About 70 x 100 cm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 3
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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