Some Came Running
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Written by John Patrick and Arthur Sheekman from a novel by James Jones
1958/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant
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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 10, 2015
Some Came Running is a film that can so easily get lost in the shuffle of 1950s Hollywood. It’s hardly the most well-known picture of director Vincente Minnelli, known generally for his musicals and excellent set direction. Furthermore, this is most certainly a melodrama, certainly affecting, read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 10, 2015
Some Came Running is a film that can so easily get lost in the shuffle of 1950s Hollywood. It’s hardly the most well-known picture of director Vincente Minnelli, known generally for his musicals and excellent set direction. Furthermore, this is most certainly a melodrama, certainly affecting, read more
Director Vincente Minnelli created one of the warmest portrayals of American family life on film in the great musical Meet Me in St Louis (1944). But he gives a very different, darker take on families in Some Came Running, a 1950s melodrama which tackles the type of subject matter that Douglas Sirk read more
Some Came Running (Vincente Minnelli, 1958)
Staring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine this vibrant CinemaScope shot film is also the first movie of Sinatra and Martin on the same credits. Adapted from James Jones’ novel of the same name, Some Came Running is a dense story that read more
