| That Kind of Woman | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Screenplay by | Walter Bernstein |
| Based on | "Layover in El Paso" (1944 story) by Robert Lowry |
| Produced by | Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Sophia Loren Tab Hunter George Sanders |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million (est. Only four months of US/Canada Rentals)[1] |
That Kind of Woman is a 1959 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, who was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] It stars Sophia Loren and Tab Hunter. The screenplay by Walter Bernstein, based on a short story by Robert Lowry ("Layover in El Paso"), is highly reminiscent of the 1938 film The Shopworn Angel.
The Paramount Pictures release was filmed on location in New York City and Long Beach, New York.[3][4]
Plot
The film is set in New York City in June 1944, during World War II. Kay is a sophisticated Italian woman, the mistress of a Manhattan millionaire industrialist known simply as The Man, who uses her to help him influence his contacts at The Pentagon. While en route from Miami to New York City by train, she and her friend Jane meet a considerably younger American paratrooper named Red and his sergeant George Kelly, and Kay and Red fall into a romantic relationship. Eventually, the woman finds herself torn between her upscale life in a Sutton Place apartment and the prospect of true love with the GI.
Principal cast
- Sophia Loren as Kay
- Tab Hunter as Red
- George Sanders as "The Man", A.L.
- Jack Warden as George Kelly
- Barbara Nichols as Jane
- Keenan Wynn as Harry Corwin
Critical reception
In his review in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther stated, "Walter Bernstein's screen play is a breezy, banal and bumptious thing, and Sidney Lumet has directed it with so many close-ups that it looks like a travesty of a 'silent' style."[5]
References
- ↑ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 [ 34
- ↑ "Programme 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ "That Kind of Woman Film Locations". onthesetofnewyork.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ↑ Kellard, Joseph (October 5, 2010). "Tracking Back in Train Time". Patch.com.
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley (September 12, 1959). "The Screen: 'That Kind of Woman'; Sophia Loren Stars in Drama at Roxy Drops Role as Mistress for Soldier's Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2023.