Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Cast
Richard Beymer
Nick Adams
Diane Baker
Carolyn
Corinne Calvet
Contessa
Fred Clark
Mr. Turner
Dan Dailey
Billy Campbell
James Dunn
Telegrapher
Juano Hernández
Bugs
Arthur Kennedy
Dr. Henry Adams
Ricardo Montalban
Major Padula
Paul Newman
The Battler
Susan Strasberg
Rosanna
Jessica Tandy
Mrs. Helen Adams
Eli Wallach
John
Edward Binns
Brakeman
Philip Bourneuf
City Editor
Tullio Carminati
Rosanna's Father
Marc Cavell
Eddy Boulton
Charles Fredericks
Mayor
Simon Oakland
Joe Boulton
Michael J. Pollard
George
Lillian Adams
Indian Woman (uncredited)
Aladdin
Orchestra Leader at Dinner (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Conductor (uncredited)
Russ Bender
Serviceman at Train Station (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Laura Cornell
Burlesque Queen (uncredited)
Miriam Goldina
Indian Mid-Wife (uncredited)
Pitt Herbert
Bartender (uncredited)
Pat Hogan
Billy Tabeshaw (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Chef (uncredited)
Baruch Lumet
Morris (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Soldier (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Sherry Staiger
Burlesque Queen (uncredited)
Alfredo Varelli
Father Ben (uncredited)
Mel Welles
Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
Sharon Tate
Burlesque Queen (Uncredited)
Crew
Martin Ritt
Director
A. E. Hotchner
Screenplay
Ernest Hemingway
Story
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Jerry Wald
Producer
Peter Nelson
Associate Producer
Donfeld
Costume Design
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
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