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*Spoiler/plot- 1958, Another Time, Another Place, A struggling British news reporter finds love after competing with his American female arch-competitor during Britain's WW2 years.
*Special Stars- Sir Sean Connery plays male lead. Lana Turner plays female lead.
*Theme- Love will find away, even in wartime.
*Based on- WW2 news stories.
*Trivia/location/goofs- A very early British film with a young heavy eyebrow-ed full head of hair Connery and then American girlfriend star, Turner. Turner and Connery started to date during the film. This film was brought up in court testimony during the murder trial of Ms. Turner's daughter knife killing of local LA mobster, Johnnie Stampanado. This murder case testimony got Mr. Connery too much personal attention from LA's organized crime leaders and they ordered him to leave Hollywood ASAP while working on Disney film called, Darby O'Gill. Connery temporarily moved from Hollywood to the SF Valley to continue his filming days and then he went home to the UK.
*Emotion- An easily forgettable film except for the fact this was one of the few earliest film roles that started Connery onto his international film stardom today.
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oscar-35 11 May 2010
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2248613/ |
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