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Bookmark this pageThe Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Director: Richard Brooks
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Despite a very corny script from Julius and Philip Epstein which borrows clichés from Casablanca and countless 'American in Paris' yarns, this remains an enjoyable (if heavy-handed) melodrama. Van Johnson wants to be the next Hemingway, but while he's a prodigious drinker, he doesn't show much ability as a writer. Taylor, looking unbelievably glamorous, is his long-suffering wife. Pidgeon steals the show as her father, a penniless chancer who still manages to live the good life. (Began life as a Scott Fitzgerald story.Author: GM
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Jack Cummings
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Donna Reed, Walter Pidgeon, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, Roger Moore full cast
Duration: 116 mins
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