Director George Stevens' stately treatment of A Place in the Sun buffs out some of the novel's nuance with blunt moralizing, but riveting performances by Montgomery Clift and company give the drama a bruising punch.
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Director -
George Stevens -
Producer -
George Stevens -
Screenwriter -
Theodore Dreiser , Patrick Kearney , Michael Wilson , Harry Brown -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Paramount Pictures -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 28, 1951, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 6, 2014 -
Runtime -
2h 2m