A reluctant soldier, Peter, serves in Italy during WWII. He marries a local girl named Teresa and brings her to the US. Read More »
Tag Archives: Fred Zinnemann
Oklahoma! (1955) Fred Zinnemann, Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys Read More »
The Seventh Cross (1944) Fred Zinnemann, Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Drama, War
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. Read More »
The Nuns Story (1959) Fred Zinnemann, Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Drama
In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Hubert van der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent Read More »
From Here to Eternity (1953) Fred Zinnemann, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Drama, Romance, War
It’s 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. Read More »
A Man for All Seasons (1966) Fred Zinnemann, Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Biography, Drama, History
The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles, are found in every century. Read More »
Act of Violence (1949) Fred Zinnemann, Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. Read More »
The Clock (1945) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann, Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Drama, Romance
Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. Read More »
The Search (1948) Fred Zinnemann, Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Aline MacMahon, Drama, War
A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. Read More »
High Noon (1952) Fred Zinnemann, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Western
On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller’s gang, who are waiting for him at the station…
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