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A Place in the Sun

1951

George Stevens

1951·Passed·United StatesUnited States
Award tierGold
Metascore

A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor·Montgomery Clift·Shelley Winters·Anne Revere

Producers

Ivan Moffat·George Stevens

Languages

United KingdomEnglish

Major Awards

3 wins · 8 nominations

Wins (3)

Best Picture

Golden Globes, USA (1952)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

National Board of Review, USA (1951)

Best Film

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (1952)

Best Director

George Stevens

Nominations (8)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1951)

Grand Prize of the Festival

George Stevens

Best Picture

Academy Awards, USA (1952)

Best Picture

George Stevens

Best Director

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1951)

Best Director

George Stevens
Golden Globes, USA (1952)

Best Director

George Stevens

Best Screenplay

Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)

The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene)

Harry BrownMichael Wilson

Best Actor

Academy Awards, USA (1952)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Montgomery Clift

Best Actress

Golden Globes, USA (1952)

Best Actress - Drama

Shelley Winters
Academy Awards, USA (1952)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Shelley Winters