---
title: 'A Place in the Sun (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Stevens'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-place-in-the-sun-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043924/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Place in the Sun (1951)

1951 · 117 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American tragedy film directed and produced by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and its 1926 stage adaptation by Patrick Kearney. It stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters and Keefe Brasselle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-stevens)
- **Producer:** [George Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-stevens)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wilson), [Theodore Dreiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-dreiser), [Harry Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-brown)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Mellor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-mellor)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck)

## Cast

- [Shelley Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-winters)
- [Frank O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-o-connor)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Montgomery Clift](https://cinepixo.com/people/montgomery-clift)
- [Al Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ferguson)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Herbert Heyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-heyes)
- [Elizabeth Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-taylor)
- [Raymond Burr](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-burr)
- [Keefe Brasselle](https://cinepixo.com/people/keefe-brasselle)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [Kathleen Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-freeman)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills)

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