I Want You (1951 film)
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RKO Radio Pictures | |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)[1] |
I Want You is a 1951 American
Plot
In the "early summer of 1950", Martin Greer is the engineer for a small construction company, Greer and Sons, working with his father. An
Martin's younger brother Jack is in love with college student Carrie Turner, daughter of a judge who is on the local draft board. Despite a
George Jr. is listed as missing in action, although his fate isn't revealed, and his father drunkenly blames Martin. Harvey Landrum, Martin's commander in World War II, reenlists and asks Martin to join him, as engineers who know how to build airstrips are scarce. Eligible for exemptions, he initially declines, then agrees, over his wife's objections. Jack and Carrie marry during a furlough before he also goes overseas.
Cast
- Dana Andrews as Martin Greer
- Dorothy McGuire as Nancy Greer
- Farley Granger as Jack Greer
- Peggy Dow as Carrie Turner
- Robert Keith as Thomas Greer (Martin and Jack's father, a World War I veteran)
- Mildred Dunnock as Sarah Greer (Martin and Jack's mother)
- Martin Milner as George Kress Jr.
- Jim Backus as Harvey Landrum
- Ray Collins as Judge Turner
- Marjorie Crossland as Mrs. Turner
- Walter Baldwin as George Kress Sr.
- Walter Sande as Ned Iversen
- Peggy Maley as Gladys (a woman George Jr. picks up while on leave)
- Jerrilyn Flannery as Anne Greer (Martin's 4-year-old daughter)
- Erik Nielsen as Tony Greer (Martin's son)
Reception
Leonard Maltin gives the film three out of four stars, describing it as “Dated yet still touching Americana detailing effects of the Korean War on a small-town family. An artifact of its era, with fine performances all around. “[6]
At the time of its release, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: “All in all the running crisis of the "cold war" has been absorbed in the cotton padding of sentiment. A straight recruiting poster would be more convincing and pack more dramatic appeal.”[7]
References
- ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ISBN 9780786446148. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ISBN 9780786455690. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ISBN 9781891855481. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "I Want You (1951) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
External links
- I Want You at IMDb
- I Want You at the TCM Movie Database
- I Want You at AllMovie
- I Want You at the American Film Institute Catalog