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Some Came Running

After a round of partying he can’t remember, World War II veteran Dave Hirsh is placed on a bus headed for the last place he’d choose: Parkman, Indiana, the hometown Hirsh hasn't seen in well over a decade. Frank Sinatra plays Hirsh, whose arrival in Parkman brings small-town hypocrisy to the unforgiving light of day in this character-driven tale directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on a novel by James Jones (whose From Here to Eternity had led to Sinatra’s 1953 Oscar). In his first screen pairing with Sinatra, Dean Martin plays a sharp-witted cardsharp. And Shirley MacLaine earned one of the movie's five Academy Award nominations as the good-hearted floozie with a potentially fatal attraction to Hirsh.

Year: 1958
Genre: Classic Drama, Nick's Favourites, Classic Cinema
Country: USA
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Martha Hyer, Shirley MacLaine
Duration: 130 Minutes
Rating: PG
7.5/10
Location in store: Classic Drama

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