La lunga attesa (1948)

Regia: Mervyn LeRoy | Generi: Dramma | Romance | Guerra |
Paesi: United States of America |
Tag: nurse | world war ii | surgeon |

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Aline Towne's debut. Dettaglio
Third of four films co-starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner. Dettaglio
This film was very successful at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $1,047,000 ($10.8M in 2017) according to studio records. Dettaglio
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 6, 1949 with Lana Turner and Clark Gable reprising their film roles. Dettaglio
When Col. Johnson visits Snapshot in the hospital, she quotes a few lines from an old English ballad entitled "Sir Andrew Barton": "I am hurt, but I am not slain; / I'll but lie down and bleed a while, / And then I'll rise and fight again." Dettaglio
This film received its initial television broadcast in Seattle Wednesday 6 February 1957 on KING (Channel 5); it first aired in Hartford CT 16 February 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18), in New York City 1 March 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Minneapolis 7 March 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Chicago 9 March 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2) , in Portland OR 23 March 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Altoona PA 10 April 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Los Angeles 12 April 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11) , in Phoenix 18 April 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Honolulu 31 May 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in Philadelphia 7 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6); in San Francisco it was first telecast 7 December 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). Dettaglio
According to the AFI catalog entry for this film, for the battle scenes in Italy MGM constructed five 35-foot towers, a full-sized evacuation hospital, and more than 100 Army tents at the Lasky-Mesa movie ranch 35 miles outside of Hollywood. The set took three weeks to set up and the scenes used hundreds of extras, five cameras and six assistant directors. Dettaglio
Peggy Badley's debut. Dettaglio
New York film critics names this picture as one of the ten worst for 1948. Dettaglio

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