A Place in the Sun

Based On the book by Theodore Dreiser

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American tragedy film directed and produced by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and its 1926 stage adaptation by Patrick Kearney. It stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters and Keefe Brasselle. The story was inspired by the murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908. The novel had previously been adapted for the screen under its original title in 1931.

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Release date:

1951

Director:

George Stevens

Cast:

Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Fred Clark

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Film noir

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1951 in adaptations