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Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Kurt Kasznar ... see more see more... , Oscar Homolka , Elaine Stritch , Mercedes McCambridge , Leopoldo Trieste , Franco Interlenghi , José Nieto , Georges Brehat , Memmo Carotenuto , Guido Martufi , Umberto Spadaro , Umberto Sacripante , Victor Francen , Joan Shawlee , Carlo Pedersoli , Patrick Crean , Guidarino Guidi , Diana King , Eduard Linkers , Johanna Hofer , Angelo Galassi , Carlo Hintermann , Tiberio Mitri , Peter Illing , Sam Levene , Clelia Matania , Gisella Matthews , Giacomo Rossi-Stuart , Eva Kotthaus , Oskar Homolka

Farewell to Arms is the second film version of Ernest Hemingway's World War One novel--and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind). Rock Hudson plays an American serving ... read more read more...in the Italian Army during the "War to End All Wars". Jennifer Jones is his lover, a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair, which results in Jones' pregnancy. As the months pass, Hudson and Jones lose contact with one another, and Jones believes that Hudson has forgotten her. But a battle-weary Hudson finally makes it to Switzerland, where Jones is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn, and Jones dies shortly afterward, murmuring that her death is "a dirty trick." Filmed on a simpler scale in 1932 (with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes starring), A Farewell to Arms was blown all out of proportion to "epic" stature for the 1957 remake--so much so that its original director, John Huston, quit the film in disgust. Still, the basic love story is touchingly enacted by Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Charles Vidor

Release Date: December 14, 1957

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DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005

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  • jjnxn
    April 23, 2010
    jjnxn
    Just okay version of Hemingway story suffers from overlength although it has fine production values. Rock is pretty good in the lead. Jennifer Jones less so as Catherine, affected and rather bland.
  • Yeolita
    January 1, 2009
    Yeolita
    Wonderful rendtition. Hudson has the Hemingway look- big and strong and rather suave. The story was as much given the taste of the book as a movie could do. The screen lovers [Rock Hudson & Jennifer Jones] were well casted because the scenes where they had to convey being in love... read more were somewhat tense and sparking. The location & backdrop were used very well, providing for the characters mood and the story's atmosphere where necessary. Emotive and compelling; sharp and sensible; an A++...I beleive there hasn't been a re-make, that's because this film was worth the time & effort. The book is super; this movie did not take away from that.

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Emanuel Levy
August 4, 2009
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Selznick's last film as producer is a vastly disappointing remake of the superior 1932 version of Hemingway's novel, a sentimental, overblown production with stiff performances from Rock Hudson and Je... Full Review

Walter Chaw
November 8, 2005
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

One of David O. Selznick's many attempts to shape his lady-love Jennifer Jones' largely immutable mug into the face that launched a thousand cinematic ships. Full Review

Jeremiah Kipp
May 15, 2005
Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine

We have David O. Selznick to blame for this bloated two-hour-plus Technicolor remake. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Bosley Crowther
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Dave Kehr
January 15, 2005
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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