Plymouth Adventure
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Produced by | Dore Schary |
| Written by | Helen Deutsch Ernest Gébler (novel) |
| Starring | Spencer Tracy Gene Tierney Van Johnson Leo Genn Barry Jones Dawn Addams Lloyd Bridges |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Editing by | Robert J. Kern |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 14, 1952 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 drama film with an ensemble cast starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson and Leo Genn, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1][2], directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the novel The Plymouth Adventure by Ernest Gébler.
The supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Dawn Addams, Lloyd Bridges and John Dehner.
The film is notable as being the last film directed by veteran director Clarence Brown.
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[edit] Plot
The film tells a fictionalized version of the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to North America aboard the Mayflower. During the long sea voyage, Capt. Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) falls in love with Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), the wife of William Bradford (Leo Genn). The love triangle is resolved in a tragic way at the film's conclusion. Lloyd Bridges provides comic relief as the first-mate Coppin and child star Tommy Ivo gives a touching performance as young William Button, the only passenger to die on the actual voyage across the storm-swept Atlantic, who, according to this film, wanted to be the first to sight land and to become a king in the New World.
[edit] Cast
- Spencer Tracy ... Christopher Jones
- Gene Tierney ... Dorothy Bradford
- Van Johnson ... John Alden
- Leo Genn ... William Bradford
- Barry Jones ... William Brewster
- Dawn Addams ... Priscilla Mullins
- Lloyd Bridges ... Coppin
- Noel Drayton ... Miles Standish
- John Dehner ... Gilbert Winslow
- Tommy Ivo ... William Button
- Lowell Gilmore ... Edward Winslow
- Paul Cavanagh ... Governor John Carver (uncredited)
- Don Dillaway ... Stephen Hopkins (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Flournoy ... Rose Standish (uncredited)
- Ivis Goulding ... Alice Mullins (uncredited)
- Harvey M. Guzik ... Oceanus Hopkins (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Harrower ... Elizabeth Hopkins (uncredited)
- Kathleen Lockhart ... Mary Brewster (uncredited)
- Murray Matheson ... Christopher Martin (uncredited)
- Matt Moore ... William Mullins (uncredited)
- Hugh Pryne ... Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
- John Sherman ... John Billington (uncredited)
[edit] Award
The picture won the Oscar for Best Effects.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Variety film review; October 22, 1952, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; October 25, 1952, page 170.
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