Cass Timberlane (1947)

Regisseur:

George Sidney

Drehbuchautoren:

Sinclair Lewis (novel)
Donald Ogden Stewart (adaptation) ...

Premierendatum:

November 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Plot:

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is...

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Marriage | May December Romance | Melodrama | Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

good but not very believable

Besetzung

Spencer Tracy	...	Cass Timberlane
Lana Turner	...	Virginia Marshland
Zachary Scott	...	Bradd Criley
Tom Drake	...	Jamie Wargate
Mary Astor	...	Queenie Havock
Albert Dekker	...	Boone Havock
Margaret Lindsay	...	Chris Grau
Rose Hobart	...	Diantha Marl
John Litel	...	Webb Wargate
Mona Barrie	...	Avis Elderman
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Lillian Drover
Selena Royle	...	Louise Wargate
Frank Wilcox	...	Gregg Marl
Richard Gaines	...	Dennis Thane
John Alexander	...	Dr. Roy Drover

Alternativ:

Sinclair Lewis' Cass Timberlane (USA) (promotional title)
Liebe in Fesseln (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Fesseln der Liebe (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

119 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:G | Finland:S

Firma:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dies und das:

Tracy was not initially pleased with the studio's choice of director, hoping to have George Cukor or Vincente Minnelli assigned the position.

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good but not very believable

To enjoy this film, you really have to suspend disbelief. I can often times do this, but if you just can't believe in the possibility of pairing an ordinary-looking middle-aged guy (Tracy) with an extremely sexy young woman (Turner), then you should probably just skip the film. In fact, the people around this strange pairing also have trouble accepting this marriage. My problem wasn't just the age differences, but the personality differences--I just couldn't understand why she was attracted to him (I have my suspicions why HE would be interested). The story itself apart from that is good and I like that Zachary Scott is there for support--he is great in his caddish roles. Not a bad but not an exceptional film--but sure to please fans of Tracy.