| Other author/creator | Clift, Montgomery actor. |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Winters, Shelley actor. |
| Other author/creator | Brasselle, Keefe, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Stevens, George, 1904-1975 production personnel, director. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Harry, 1917-1986, screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. American tragedy. |
| Other author/creator | Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) |
| Abstract |
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever. |
| General note | Based on the novel An American tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the Patrick Kearney play adapted from the novel. |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951. |
| Credits | Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| Cast |
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters, Keefe Brasselle. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Technical details | DVD, Dolby surround. |
| Language | Closed-captioned. |
| ISBN | 0792172841 |
| UPC |
097360581546 |
| Publisher number | 05815 Paramount |
