That Kind of Woman

This article is about the 1959 film. For the Dua Lipa song, see Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition.

That Kind of Woman
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Screenplay by	Walter Bernstein
Based on	"Layover in El Paso" (1944 story) by Robert Lowry
Produced by	Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti
Starring	Sophia Loren Tab Hunter George Sanders
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman
Edited by	Howard A. Smith
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	June 1959 (1959-06) (Berlin) September 11, 1959 (1959-09-11) (U.S.)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million (est. Only four months of US/Canada Rentals)

That Kind of Woman is a 1959 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, who was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. It stars Sophia Loren and Tab Hunter. The screenplay by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Robert Lowry ("Layover in El Paso"), is highly reminiscent of the 1938 film The Shopworn Angel.

The Paramount Pictures release was filmed on location in New York City and Long Beach, New York.

Plot

The film is set in New York City in June 1944, during World War II. Kay is a sophisticated Italian woman, the mistress of a Manhattan millionaire industrialist known simply as The Man, who uses her to help him influence his contacts at The Pentagon. While en route from Miami to New York City by train, she and her friend Jane meet a considerably younger American paratrooper named Red and his sergeant George Kelly, and Kay and Red fall into a romantic relationship. Eventually the woman finds herself torn between her upscale life in a Sutton Place apartment and the prospect of true love with the GI.

Principal cast

• Sophia Loren as Kay
• Tab Hunter as Red
• George Sanders as "The Man", A.L.
• Jack Warden as George Kelly
• Barbara Nichols as Jane
• Keenan Wynn as Harry Corwin

Principal production credits

• Producers ..... Carlo Ponti, Marcello Girosi
• Original Music ..... Daniele Amfitheatrof
• Cinematography ..... Boris Kaufman
• Art Direction ..... Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson
• Costume Design ..... Edith Head
• Makeup ..... Wally Westmore

Critical reception

In his review in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther stated, "Walter Bernstein's screen play is a breezy, banal and bumptious thing, and Sidney Lumet has directed it with so many close-ups that it looks like a travesty of a 'silent' style."

External links

• That Kind of Woman at the Internet Movie Database
• That Kind of Woman at the TCM Movie Database