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A Place in the Sun

1951·122 min

A Place in the Sun

Directed by George Stevens

DramaRomanceCrime

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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Montgomery Clift

George Eastman

Elizabeth Taylor

Angela Vickers

Shelley Winters

Alice Tripp

Hannah Eastman

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William C. Mellor

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Earl Eastman

Defense Attorney Bellows

District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe

Charles Eastman

Shepperd Strudwick

Anthony Vickers

Frieda Inescort

Mrs. Ann Vickers

Louise Eastman

Defense Attorney Art Jansen

Judge R.S. Oldendorff

Coroner

Marsha Eastman

Reverend Morrison

Robert J. Anderson

Eagle Scout (uncredited)

Bit Part (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Party Guest (uncredited)

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A Place in the Sun (1951) is about 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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George Stevens directed A Place in the Sun (1951).

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