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The Country Girl (1954)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | December 15, 1954 |
| Running time: | 104 minutes |
| Cast: | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Anthony Ross, Gene Reynolds |
| Director: | George Seaton |
| Producer: | William Perlberg, George Seaton |
| Writer: | George Seaton, Clifford Odets |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Description: Bing Crosby does the Academy Award-bid bit in the atypical role of a self-pitying alcoholic, but it was his co-star, a deglamorized Grace Kelly, who won the Oscar for her performance in The Country Girl. This adaptation of Clifford Odets' play stars Crosby as Frank Elgin, a once-famous Broadway star who's hit the skids. Hotshot young director Bernie Dodd (William Holden), a longtime admirer of Elgin, tries to get the old-timer back on his feet with a starring role in a new play. But Dodd must contend with Elgin's hard, suspicious wife Georgie, who seemingly runs roughshod over her husband. Dodd holds Georgie responsible for Elgin's lack of self-confidence and his reliance upon the bottle--a suspicion fueled by Elgin himself, who insists that Georgie has been suicidal ever since the death of their son. When Elgin goes on a monumental bender during the play's out-of-town tryouts, the truth comes out: it is Elgin who is suicidal, and Georgie has been the glue that has held him together. Adopting a now-or-never stance, Dodd forces Elgin to stay off the sauce long enough for the play to open--and, in spite of himself, falls in love with Georgie. A few Hollywood liberties were taken with the Odets original, including a slightly altered ending.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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