Main Cast: Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Sean Connery, Sidney James
Release Year: 1958
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Lana Turner stars as Sara Scott, an American war correspondent whose whirlwind romance with a young British journalist (Sean Connery) ends in tragedy when his plane crashes while covering an assignment. After recovering from a nervous breakdown, Sara tries to come to terms with her grief by visiting her lover's widow (Glynis Johns). Based on the novel Weep No More by Lenore Coffee, Another Time, Another Place did excellent box-office business thanks to the concurrent real-life scandal involving the death of Turner's gangster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato at the hands of her teenage daughter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Review
Sudsy and kind of silly, Another Time, Another Place will please fans of soapy melodramas, thanks in large part to its pleasing cast. It's not that Lana Turner and Sean Connery (who appears in only the first third of the film) are giving especially memorable performances; indeed, this florid little piece of melodrama doesn't rally call for deep-down honest emoting from its leading players. But Turner and Connery give genuine movie star performances, the kind of artificial yet hard-to-resist turns that call for gorgeous appearance (no problem for either performer here), smoldering looks, tight embraces and the ability to spit out wagonloads of emotion at the drop of a hat. The actual charisma between the stars comes and goes, but when they're on together, they are loads of fun. For actually good performances, however, one need only look to the supporting cast. Barry Sullivan is only adequate, but Glynis Johns is truly lovely, turning in a touching, warm and lively performance that is a joy. Sidney James does quite well with his seen-it-all character, and little Martin Stephens impresses with his nightmare sequence. Lewis Allen's direction is so-so, but Jack Hildyard's camerawork is quite good. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
Terence Longdon - Alan Thompson; Doris Hare - Mrs. Bunker; Martin Stephens - Brian Trevor; Robin Bailey - Captain Barnes; Bill Fraser - R.E. Sergeant; Cameron Hall - Alfy; John Le Mesurier - Dr. Aldridge; Julian Somers - Hotel Manager; Jane Welsh - Jonesy; Terence Labrosse - Alan Thompson
Credit
Tom Monahan - Art Director, Laura Nightingale - Costume Designer, Lewis Allen - Director, Geoffrey Foot - Editor, Douglas Gamley - Composer (Music Score), Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Thomas H. Morahan - Production Designer, Jack Hildyard - Cinematographer, E.M. Smedley Aston - Producer, Joseph Kaufman - Producer, Stanley Mann - Screenwriter, Lenore J. Coffee - Book Author
An American reporter (Turner) working in Europe during World War II begins an affair with a British reporter (Connery). She's conflicted on whether to marry her rich boss or the charming young reporter she is having an affair with. Finally, she choses the British reporter only to find that he is married and has a son. The two separate shortly thereafter, then decide to stay together and work out their problems.
After the war ends, the British reporter is killed in an accident, sending the American reporter into mourning. Her boss, after a few months, convinces her to come back to the United States and work for him. Before she goes, she visits her old lover's hometown and ends up living with her ex-lover's wife and child.
Trivia
During the shooting of the movie in England, Connery was confronted by gangster Johnny Stompanato, at the time the boyfriend of Lana Turner. The jealous man pointed a gun at Connery and warned him to keep away from Turner. Connery answered by grabbing the gun out of Stompanato's hand and twisted his wrist, causing him to run off the set.[1]
