Phillip Cass, a sensitive young man, is saddled with a mother from hell. While fighting in Italy during World War II, he marries a sweet, young Italian woman (Pier Angeli) who might be able to change his life and satisfy his desire to be loved. Readjustment proves difficult as the young couple have to share a New York apartment with his parents and sister, while Philip feels a failure at menial jobs. The birth of a baby finally gives the couple new hope.
teresa, 1951, film, teresa, 1951, american, romantic, drama, film, directed, fred, zinnemann, starring, pier, angeli, john, ericson, film, screenplay, written, stewart, stern, based, story, wrote, with, alfred, hayes, which, they, were, nominated, academy, awa. Teresa is a 1951 American romantic drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Pier Angeli and John Ericson The film s screenplay was written by Stewart Stern based on a story he wrote with Alfred Hayes for which they were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story TeresaTheatrical release posterDirected byFred ZinnemannScreenplay byStewart SternStory byAlfred Hayes Stewart SternProduced byArthur Loew Jr StarringPier Angeli John EricsonCinematographyWilliam MillerEdited byDave Kummins Frank SullivanMusic byLouis ApplebaumProductioncompanyMetro Goldwyn MayerDistributed byLoew s Inc Release dateApril 5 1951 1951 04 05 NYC Running time102 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 610 000 1 2 Box office 1 783 000 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editPhillip Cass a sensitive young man is saddled with a mother from hell While fighting in Italy during World War II he marries a sweet young Italian woman Pier Angeli who might be able to change his life and satisfy his desire to be loved Readjustment proves difficult as the young couple have to share a New York apartment with his parents and sister while Philip feels a failure at menial jobs The birth of a baby finally gives the couple new hope Cast editPier Angeli as Teresa Russo John Ericson as Philip Cass Patricia Collinge as Mrs Clara Cass Richard Bishop as Mr Cass Peggy Ann Garner as Susan Cass Ralph Meeker as Sgt Dobbs Bill Mauldin as Grissom Ave Ninchi as Teresa s Mother Edward Binns as Sgt Brown Rod Steiger as Frank Aldo Silvani as Professor Crocce Tommy Lewis as Walter Franco Interlenghi as Mario Lee Marvin as G I uncredited Reception editAccording to MGM records the film made 743 000 in the United States and Canada and 1 004 000 elsewhere recording a profit of 421 000 1 References edit a b c Mannix Eddie The Eddie Mannix Ledger Los Angeles Margaret Herrick Library Center for Motion Picture Study Brady Thomas F February 11 1951 Speculative Filmmaking on Low Budgets Increases The New York Times External links editTeresa at IMDb nbsp Teresa at the TCM Movie Database Teresa at AllMovie Teresa at the American Film Institute Catalog nbsp This 1950s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teresa 1951 film amp oldid 1124629950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
