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The Young Lions is a 1958 American war and drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, from a screenplay by Edward Anhalt and Irwin Shaw, centred on the Second World War. Filmed in black-and-white in Paris, Berlin and San Diego, with a narrative set in London, Berlin and Paris, it stars Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin and Hope Lange. Joseph MacDonald was director of photography, Dorothy Spencer edited the film, and Hugo Friedhofer composed the score.
Made and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the film runs 167 minutes with a budget of $3,000,000. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound and the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding.
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6.8The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Cast
- Marlon Brando as Lt. Christian Diestl
- Montgomery Clift as Noah Ackerman
- Dean Martin as Michael Whiteacre
- Hope Lange as Hope Plowman
- Barbara Rush as Margaret Freemantle
- May Britt as Gretchen Hardenberg
Themes
- world war ii
- black and white
- soldier
- american
- 1940s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
9,047 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Edward Dmytryk
- Screenplay by
- Edward Anhalt
- Based on
- The Young Lions , by Irwin Shaw
- Produced by
- Al Lichtman
- Starring
- Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush May Britt
- Cinematography
- Joseph MacDonald
- Edited by
- Dorothy Spencer
- Music by
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Distributed by
- 20th Century-Fox
- Release date
- April 2, 1958 ( 1958-04-02 )
- Running time
- 167 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3.55 million
- Box office
- $4.48 million (US/ Canada rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Edward Dmytryk
- Screenwriter
- Irwin Shaw
- Cast member
- John Alderson
- Composer
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- San Diego
- Duration
- 167
- FilmAffinity ID
- 617947
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Montgomery clift from young lions trailer.JPG
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- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- film editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- title
- The Young Lions
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 75%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Young Lions is a 1958 American epic war drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin. It was made in black-and-white and CinemaScope and was theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox. The film is based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Young Lions” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.