All the Brothers Were Valiant
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Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Written by | Harry Brown Ben Ames Williams (novel) |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
Starring | Robert Taylor Stewart Granger Ann Blyth Betta St. John Keenan Wynn James Whitmore |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Ferris Webster |
Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | November 13, 1953 |
Running time | 95 minutes 101 minutes (US) |
Land | Template:Film US |
Sprache | Englisch |
All the Brothers Were Valiant is a 1953 adventure drama film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It is a remake of the 1923 silent film, also made by MGM and now considered lost, as well as the 1928 MGM version Across to Singapore. The 1953 version was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Harry Brown, based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa, the cinematography by George J. Folsey and the art direction by Randall Duell and Cedric Gibbons.
The film stars Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger and Ann Blyth with Betta St. John, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Lewis Stone, John Lupton and Michael Pate.
Reception
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Color Cinematography, (George J. Folsey).
Plot
Sea-faring saga of two brothers and the woman they both love. Set against South Pacific islands, this love triangle pits the good brother against the bad as they squabble over a woman and a bag of pearls on the floor of a lagoon; the bad boy redeems himself, however, by helping fend off a mutiny.
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