A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951 · 122 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (431 votes)
Dir. George Stevens · Starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark · Music Franz Waxman

“Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!”

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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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A sweeping, tragic romance where soaring ambition clashes with desperate love. It feels like a beautiful, doomed dream, full of longing and the crushing weight of societal expectations. A classic Hollywood tearjerker.

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based on novel or booklove at first sightambitiontrialblack and whiteattractionheiressrowboatcourtshipunwanted pregnancysecret relationshipfactory girlsocial elitemoral crisisromantic triangle