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Terminal Station
Terminal Station
Directed by	Vittorio De Sica
Written by	Cesare Zavattini (story); Luigi Chiarini; Giorgio Prosperi; Truman Capote (dialogue)
Produced by	Vittorio De Sica
Starring	Montgomery Clift; Jennifer Jones; Richard Beymer
Cinematography	Aldo Graziati
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma; Jean Barker
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures; De Sica Productions; Selznick International Pictures
Release dates	April 2, 1953; May 10, 1954
Running time	89 mins (original); 63 mins (edited)
Country	USA / Italy
Language	English

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Terminal Station (Italian: Stazione Termini) is a 1953 film English language film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman.

The film is based on the story Stazione Termini by Cesare Zavattini. Truman Capote contributed to the dialogue. The film was an international co-production between De Sica's own company and the Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, who commissioned it as a vehicle for his wife, Jennifer Jones. The original release of the film ran 89 minutes, but it was later re-edited by Selznick down to 64 minutes and re-released as Indiscretion of an American Wife (and as Indiscretion in the UK).

The two versions have been released together on DVD by The Criterion Collection.

A 1998 remake of the film was made for television under the title Indiscretion of an American Wife.

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 | director       = [[Vittorio De Sica]]
 | producer       = Vittorio De Sica
-| writer         = [[Cesare Zavattini]]<br />Luigi Chiarini<br />Giorgio Prosperi<br />{{nowrap|[[Truman Capote]] (dialogue)}}<br />Cesare Zavattini (story)
+| writer         = [[Cesare Zavattini]] (story)<br />Luigi Chiarini<br />Giorgio Prosperi<br />{{nowrap|[[Truman Capote]] (dialogue)}}
 | narrator       =
 | starring       = [[Montgomery Clift]]<br />[[Jennifer Jones]]<br />[[Richard Beymer]]
 | music          = Alessandro Cicognini
 | cinematography = Aldo Graziati
-| editing        = {{flagicon|Italy}} Eraldo Da Roma<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Jean Barker
+| editing        = Eraldo Da Roma<br />Jean Barker
 | distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]<br />De Sica Productions<br />[[Selznick International Pictures]]
 | released       = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[April 2]], [[1953]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[May 10]], [[1954]]
-| runtime        = {{flagicon|Italy}} 89 min<br />{{flagicon|USA}} 72 min
+| runtime        = 89 mins (original)<br />63 mins (edited)
 | country        = [[United States|USA]] / [[Italy]]
 | language       = [[English language|English]]
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 | imdb_id        = 0046366
 }}
-'''''Terminal Station''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Stazione Termini'') is a [[1953 in film|1953 film]] directed by [[Vittorio De Sica]], based on the story ''Stazione Termini'' by [[Cesare Zavattini]]. Truman Capote also contributed to the dialogue. The film ran 89 minutes and had been commissioned by [[David O. Selznick]] as a vehicle for his wife, [[Jennifer Jones]]; it was later re-edited by Selznick down to 64 minutes and re-released as '''''Indiscretion of an American Wife'''''.
+'''''Terminal Station''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: '''''Stazione Termini''''') is a [[1953 in film|1953 film]] [[English language]] film by Italian director [[Vittorio De Sica]]. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman.
+The film is based on the story ''Stazione Termini'' by [[Cesare Zavattini]]. [[Truman Capote]] contributed to the dialogue. The film was an [[international co-production]] between De Sica's own company and the [[Hollywood]] producer [[David O. Selznick]], who commissioned it as a vehicle for his wife, [[Jennifer Jones]]. The original release of the film ran 89 minutes, but it was later re-edited by Selznick down to 64 minutes and re-released as '''''Indiscretion of an American Wife''''' (and as '''''Indiscretion''''' in the [[UK]]).
-Both were released together on DVD by the [[Criterion Collection]].
+The two versions have been released together on DVD by [[The Criterion Collection]].
-A remake of the film was made for television in 1998 as ''Indiscretion of an American Wife''.
+A 1998 remake of the film was made for television under the title ''Indiscretion of an American Wife''.
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