Plot
Farewell to Arms is the second film version of Ernest Hemingway's World War One novel--and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind). Rock Hudson plays an American serving in the Italian Army during the "War to End All Wars". Jennifer Jones is his lover, a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair, which results in Jones' pregnancy. As the months pass, Hudson and Jones lose contact with one another, and Jones believes that Hudson has forgotten her. But a battle-weary Hudson finally makes it to Switzerland, where Jones is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn, and Jones dies shortly afterward, murmuring that her death is "a dirty trick." Filmed on a simpler scale in 1932 (with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes starring), A Farewell to Arms was blown all out of proportion to "epic" stature for the 1957 remake--so much so that its original director, John Huston, quit the film in disgust. Still, the basic love story is touchingly enacted by Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Rock Hudson - Lt. Frederick Henry
- Jennifer Jones - Nurse Catherine Barkley
- Vittorio De Sica - Maj. Alessandro Rinaldi
- Alberto Sordi - Father Galli
- Kurt Kasznar - Bonello
- Mercedes McCambridge - Miss Van Campen
Credit
Mario Garbuglia - Art Director, John Huston - Director, Charles Vidor - Director, Gerard J. Wilson - Editor, John M. Foley - Editor, Mario Nascimbene - Composer (Music Score), Franco Ferrara - Musical Direction/Supervision, Oswald Morris - Cinematographer, Piero Portalupe - Cinematographer, David O. Selznick - Producer, Ben Hecht - Screenwriter, Ernest Hemingway - Book Author| A Farewell to Arms (1932 Film), A Fare To Remember (1999 Film) | |
| A Father for Brittany (1998 Film), A Father's Choice (2000 Film) |
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