Damn them all

Movie
German title	Damn them all
Original title	Some came running
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1958
length	137 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Vincente Minnelli
script	James Jones , John Patrick
production	Sol C. Siegel
music	Elmer Bernstein
camera	William H. Daniels
cut	Adrienne Fazan
occupation
Frank Sinatra : Dave Hirsh Dean Martin : Bama Dillert Shirley MacLaine : Ginny Moorehead Martha Hyer : Gwen French Arthur Kennedy : Frank Hirsh Nancy Gates : Edith Barclay Leora Dana : Agnes Hirsh Betty Lou Keim : Dawn Hirsh Larry Gates : Professor Robert Haven French Steven Peck : Raymond Lanchak Connie Gilchrist : Jane Barclay Ned Wever : Smitty Carmen Phillips : Rosalie

Damn Them All is an American fictional film from 1958 based on the novel The Uprooted (Original: Some Came Running ) by James Jones .

action

Dave Hirsh, one just out of the Army demobilized soldier and unsuccessful writer, can take a bus to his hometown of Parkman that he left 16 years ago. He's from Chicago , where his friends put him on the bus drunk. On the same bus, Ginny Moorehead arrives, an uneducated and naive young woman who has left her boyfriend in Chicago to follow Dave to his hometown.

Dave's brother Frank is a respected and wealthy businessman in Parkman who inherited his jewelry business from the father of his wife, Agnes. Frank suffers from his brother's bad reputation and tries to steer Dave on the right path. He introduces him to Professor French and his daughter Gwen, with whom Dave falls in love right away.

Dave lives with his new friend, the professional card player Bama Dillert. Sometimes he moves around the houses with Bama, his girlfriend Rosalie and Ginny, sometimes he tries to become serious and start writing again in order to win over the cool teacher Gwen.

Despite some fluctuations, Gwen remains at a distance, and Dave marries Ginny when he realizes that although she is socially and intellectually not his level, she loves him unconditionally in a touching way.

Raymond Lanchak, Ginny's jealous ex-boyfriend from Chicago, tries to shoot Dave, but kills Ginny, who stands protectively in front of Dave.

criticism

“A gloomy loser portrait based on a novel by James Jones; carefully in staging and character drawing, characterized by a helpless and hopeless social criticism as well as bitter sympathy. "

- film service

Award

Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Song for the song To Love and Be Loved, which was featured in the Frank Sinatra film in 1959 .

Web links

• Damn they are all in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The 31st Academy Awards at IMDb (English)