Release Date | 1962-07-25 |
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Runtime | 145 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Romance |
Stars | Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, Dan Dailey |
Directors | Martin Ritt, A. E. Hotchner, Ernest Hemingway, Jerry Wald, Franz Waxman |
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.