Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
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Directed by | Martin Ritt |
Produced by | Jerry Wald |
Screenplay by | A.E. Hotchner |
Based on | The Nick Adams Stories |
Starring | Richard Beymer |
Music by | Franz Waxman |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
Release dates | 1962 |
Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4.1 million[1] |
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man is a 1962 20th Century Fox film directed by Martin Ritt based on Ernest Hemingway's semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams, and featuring Richard Beymer as Adams. A.E. Hotchner wrote the screenplay, originally calling the film Ernest Hemingway's 'Young Man'. The cast includes Diane Baker, Jessica Tandy, Ricardo Montalban, Eli Wallach, Arthur Kennedy, and Paul Newman. The 145 minute-long film was released in July 1962.[2]
Plot
Nick Adams is a young, restless man who wants a good life and to see the world. Though he is told it is not worth the attempt, he decides to go away from his midwestern home. Along the way, he encounters numerous people and later joins the Italian army to fight the Germans in World War I, where he falls in love.
Cast
- Richard Beymer as Nick Adams
- Diane Baker as Carolyn
- Corinne Calvet as Contessa
- Fred Clark as Mr. Turner
- Dan Dailey as Billy Campbell
- James Dunn as Telegrapher
- Juano Hernández as Bugs
- Arthur Kennedy as Dr. Adams
- Ricardo Montalbán as Major Padula
- Paul Newman as The Battler
- Susan Strasberg as Rosanna
- Jessica Tandy as Mrs. Adams
- Eli Wallach as John
- Edward Binns as Brakeman
- Philip Bourneuf as City Editor
- Tullio Carminati as Rosanna's Father
- Marc Cavell as Eddy Boulton
- Charles Fredericks as Mayor
- Simon Oakland as Joe Boulton
- Michael J. Pollard as George
- Whit Bissell as Ludstrum
- Lillian Adams as Indian Woman
- Walter Baldwin as Conductor
- Laura Cornell as Headwaiter
- Laura Cornell as Burlesque Queen
- Miriam Golden as Indian Mid-Wife
- Pitt Herbert as Bartender
- Pat Hogan as Billy Tabeshaw
- Baruch Lumet as Morris
- Burt Mustin as Old Soldier
- Sherry Staiger as Burlesque Queen
- Sharon Tate as Burlesque Queen
- Alfredo Varelli as Father Ben
- Mel Welles as Italian Sergeant
References
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253
- ↑ Oliver, Charles (1999). Ernest Hemingway A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Work. New York: Checkmark Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-3467-3. p. 150
External links
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man at the Internet Movie Database
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man at AllMovie
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man film trailer on YouTube