"Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!"

1951

2h 2m

7.3(399 votes)

Drama

Romance

Crime

Overview

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

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49 members

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Montgomery Clift

George Eastman

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Elizabeth Taylor

Angela Vickers

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Shelley Winters

Alice Tripp

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Anne Revere

Hannah Eastman

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Keefe Brasselle

Earl Eastman

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Fred Clark

Defense Attorney Bellows

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Raymond Burr

District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe

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Herbert Heyes

Charles Eastman

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Shepperd Strudwick

Anthony Vickers

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Frieda Inescort

Mrs. Ann Vickers

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Kathryn Givney

Louise Eastman

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Walter Sande

Defense Attorney Art Jansen

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Ted de Corsia

Judge R.S. Oldendorff

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John Ridgely

Coroner

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Lois Chartrand

Marsha Eastman

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Paul Frees

Reverend Morrison

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Robert J. Anderson

Eagle Scout (uncredited)

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Gertrude Astor

Bit Part (uncredited)

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John Barton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Lulu Mae Bohrman

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hazel Boyne

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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John Breen

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Steve Carruthers

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Ken Christy

Warden (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Pat Combs

(uncredited)

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Frances Curry

Vickers' Maid Lulu (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Company Executive (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

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Kathleen Freeman

Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

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Art Gilmore

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Mary Kent

Alice's Landlady Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)

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Mike Mahoney

Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)

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Hank Mann

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

(uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Factory Floorman (uncredited)

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Kasey Rogers

Miss Harper (uncredited)

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Douglas Spencer

Boatkeeper (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Company Executive (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Juror (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Josephine Whittell

Eastman's Secretary Margaret (uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Vickers' Butler (uncredited)

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Ian Wolfe

Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)

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Frank Yaconelli

Truck Driver (uncredited)

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Ezelle Poule

Receptionist (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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