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The Gift of Love

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Julie (Lauren Bacall) is the caring wife of Bill (Robert Stack), a busy scientist. When Julie finds out she has a heart problem, and believes she will soon die, she adopts a child named Hitty (Evelyn Rudie) to save her husband from despair. However, after her death, his grief is so great that he cannot bear the joyfulness of the young girl. Before long, Hitty runs off in search of her missing mother. Only then does Bill realize the wisdom of his wife's gift.

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Isabel Quigly The Spectator The story of The Gift of Love would strain any- one, child or adult, fey or solid; as indeed it strains Lauren Bacall, an intelligent actress with a rather squashed gift for irony. Jul 18, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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T B Beautiful movie, eye candy of stars, clothes, homes, San Francisco at its best! Is a tear jerker but so worth it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review Daniel M Excellent. Bacall...first rate Unbelievable heart attack scene..amazjng editing and scoring. Evelyn Rudie as the adopted child very good...do not overlook this one Ĵ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/01/24 Full Review Audience Member A woman, who develops a heart condition, decides to adopt a girl so as not to leave her husband alone, but struggles to make the two get along, due to the man's self absorbed nature. Bacall is an angelic presence on the screen, but her performance is wasted on this film that is too heavily and obviously melodramatic. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member ok remake bacall is awesome Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member SOAP SOAP SOAP! but Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack are so great together. It's also nice to see Lauren playing a homey ingenue. there is one actress that can truly do it all. and really the only living "hollywood royalty." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jean Negulesco

Director

Lauren Bacall

Julie Beck

Robert Stack

William `'Bill'` Beck

Evelyn Rudie

Hitty

Lorne Greene

Grant Allan

Anne Seymour

Miss McMasters
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Synopsis Julie (Lauren Bacall) is the caring wife of Bill (Robert Stack), a busy scientist. When Julie finds out she has a heart problem, and believes she will soon die, she adopts a child named Hitty (Evelyn Rudie) to save her husband from despair. However, after her death, his grief is so great that he cannot bear the joyfulness of the young girl. Before long, Hitty runs off in search of her missing mother. Only then does Bill realize the wisdom of his wife's gift.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Producer
Charles Brackett
Screenwriter
Luther Davis
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 11, 1958, Original
Release Date (DVD)
May 3, 2016
Runtime
1h 45m