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The hungers of a young man's springtime...
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.Read moreLess
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
The story
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Richard BeymerNick Adams
Diane BakerCarolyn
Corinne CalvetContessa
Fred ClarkMr. Turner
Dan DaileyBilly Campbell
James DunnTelegrapher
Juano HernándezBugs
Arthur KennedyDr. Henry Adams
Ricardo MontalbanMajor Padula
Paul NewmanThe Battler
Susan StrasbergRosanna
Jessica TandyMrs. Helen AdamsExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- A. E. Hotchner
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Producer
- Jerry Wald
- Editor
- Hugh S. Fowler
- Original Music Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Director of Photography
- Lee Garmes