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A Place in the Sun
1951 · Released · 117 min · United States · English
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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Also known as
- Deutsch
- Ein Platz an der Sonne
- Français
- Une place au soleil
- Italiano
- Un posto al sole
- 日本語
- 陽のあたる場所
- 한국어
- 젊은이의 양지
- Polski
- Miejsce pod słońcem
- Português
- Um Lugar ao Sol
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