INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE

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• Release Year: 1953
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome’s Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film’s plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica’s version, Terminal Station, was screened at a length of one-and-a-half hours, but after disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American Wife without De Sica’s permission. The Criterion Collection is proud to present both versions of this controversial release.
• Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer, Oscar Blando, Nando Bruno, Memmo Carotenuto, Maria-Pia Casilio, Marcella Genuino, Liliana Gerace, Enrico Glori, Clelia Matania, Patti Page, Giuseppe Porelli, Gigi Reder, Paolo Stoppa, Attilio Torelli, Enrico Viarisio, Vittorio De Sica
• Director: Vittorio De Sica
• Runtime: 1:12
• Company: American Broadcasting Company, Buena Vista Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie