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18/11/1954 Drama, Romance 1h 56m
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The sensational story of youth on a fling

Overview

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

  1. Richard Brooks

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Elizabeth Taylor

    Helen Ellswirth

  2. Van Johnson

    Charles Wills

  3. Walter Pidgeon

    James Ellswirth

  4. Donna Reed

    Marion Ellswirth

  5. Eva Gabor

    Lorraine Quarl

  6. Kurt Kasznar

    Maurice

  7. George Dolenz

    Claude Matine

  8. Roger Moore

    Paul

  9. Sandy Descher

    Vicki

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-18
Journalist "Charles" (Van Johnson) returns to Paris after a two year absence and takes up his stool in the bar where he begins to reminisce about the reasons that kept him in the city after the end of WWII and of those that eventually drove him away. It all started when he was given a blind kiss on the day of liberation celebrations then later he meets the girl again. "Helen" (Elizabeth Taylor). He takes an immediate shine to her just as her sister "Marion" (Donna Reed) does to him. He's an aspiring writer and now settled with new, wealthy and party-going, wife and their daughter, he hopes to ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,960,000.00

Revenue
$4,940,000.00

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