Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters Paramount Pictures; Directed by George Stevens Not Rated; 122 minutes; 1951
Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy, this classic American film focuses on the enthralling story of the real-life murder of Grace Brown by her boyfriend Chester Gillette in New York in 1906. George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) gets a menial job in his uncle's bathing suit factory and is envious of the wealth and power around him. He and his girlfriend Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters) live modestly, but George dreams of reaching the top of the social ladder. He eventually falls in love with another woman (Elizabeth Taylor) as he starts to climb, but Alice sabotages their hopes for a relationship.
