The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 679 1950s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
- Ben HechtWriter
- Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Giorgio ProsperiScreenplay
- Luigi ChiariniScreenplay
Cast
- Jennifer JonesMary Forbes
- Montgomery CliftGiovanni Doria
- Gino CerviPolice Commissioner
- Richard BeymerPaul
- Paolo StoppaTraveling Salesman
- Nando BrunoRailway Worker
- Enrico GloriPolice Brigadier
- Liliana GeracePregnant Sicilian Woman
- Giuseppe PorelliGallant Traveler
- Roberto RaiBrakeman
- Maria Pia CasilioYoung Bride from Abruzzo (uncredited)
- Clelia MataniaMother of Annoying Children on the Train (uncredited)
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Themes
adulteryinfidelityrome, italytrainpolice stationextramarital affairaunt nephew relationshipneorealism