A Place in the Sun (1951)
Overview
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,300,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.543 |
Directed By
George Stevens
Crew
George Stevens
Theodore Dreiser
Michael Wilson
Harry Brown
Polly Burson
Helen Thurston
Paul Baxley
William C. Mellor
Gordon Jennings
Farciot Edouart
Loyal Griggs
William Hornbeck
Ivan Moffat
Hans Dreier
Walter H. Tyler
Emile Kuri
Edith Head
Wally Westmore
Charles C. Coleman
Fred Guiol
Howie Horwitz
Franz Waxman
George Stevens
Gene Garvin
Gene Merritt
Patrick Kearney
TOP CAST
Montgomery Clift
George Eastman
Elizabeth Taylor
Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters
Alice Tripp
Anne Revere
Hannah Eastman
Keefe Brasselle
Earl Eastman
Fred Clark
Defense Attorney Bellows
Raymond Burr
District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe
Herbert Heyes
Charles Eastman
Shepperd Strudwick
Anthony Vickers
Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Ann Vickers
Kathryn Givney
Louise Eastman
Walter Sande
Defense Attorney Art Jansen
Ted de Corsia
Judge R.S. Oldendorff
John Ridgely
Coroner
Lois Chartrand
Marsha Eastman
Paul Frees
Reverend Morrison
Robert J. Anderson
Eagle Scout (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Bit Part (uncredited)
John Barton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
John Breen
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Warden (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Party Guest (uncredited)
Pat Combs
(uncredited)
Frances Curry
Vickers' Maid Lulu (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Company Executive (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mary Kent
Alice's Landlady Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Harold Miller
(uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Factory Floorman (uncredited)
Kasey Rogers
Miss Harper (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Boatkeeper (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Company Executive (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Juror (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Eastman's Secretary Margaret (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Vickers' Butler (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Receptionist (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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