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Indiscretion of An American Wife

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Indiscretion of An American Wife (1953)

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Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 3  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 5.9/10

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Runtime: 89 mins

Synopsis: Director Vittorio de Sica's first English language film, INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE, examines the personal romantic crises of a woman caught between romantic love and her duties as a wife and mother. The film takes place over a few hours in Rome's Terminal Station, where Mary (Jennifer... Director Vittorio de Sica's first English language film, INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE, examines the personal romantic crises of a woman caught between romantic love and her duties as a wife and mother. The film takes place over a few hours in Rome's Terminal Station, where Mary (Jennifer Jones) is preparing to leave her Italian lover Giovanni (Montgomery Clift), who begs her to stay with him. While considering her options, Mary and Giovanni sneak off to an empty railroad car for one last passionate fling, but are soon discovered by a railway worker and arrested for indecent conduct. Mary must escape the charges to catch her train--unless she'd prefer to stay in Rome and never return to her family. Jones plays the role deftly, showing the clear pain that either decision will bring upon her, while De Sica firmly plants her dilemma against the swirl of activity and life in the Roman train station. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa

Director: Vittorio De Sica
Screenwriter: Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi, Truman Capote
Story: Cesare Zavattini
Producer: Vittorio De Sica, David O. Selznick
Composer: Alessandro Cicognini

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Sep 5, 2006

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Vacuous melodrama.

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Vittorio De Sica's Terminal Station gets a DVD release with it's more widely known cut version, Indiscretion of an American Wife.

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I'd be hard-pressed to name two actors with less obvious chemistry together.

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Most striking is the chemistry between the leading actors

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