Never Let Me Go (1953)
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- Approved
- 1h 34min
- Adventure, Drama
- 01 May 1953 (USA)
- Movie
An American reporter stationed in post-war Moscow marries a ballet dancer, but their relationship is threatened by the country's political volatility.
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Cast verified as complete
| Clark Gable | ... |
Philip Sutherland
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| Gene Tierney | ... |
Marya Lamarkina
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| Bernard Miles | ... |
Joe Brooks
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| Richard Haydn | ... |
Christopher Wellington St. John Denny
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| Belita | ... |
Valentina Alexandrovna
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| Kenneth More | ... |
Steve Quillan
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| Karel Stepanek | ... |
Commissar
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| Theodore Bikel | ... |
Lieutenant
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Anna Valentina | ... |
Svetlana Mikhailovna
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| Frederick Valk | ... |
Kuragin
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| Peter Illing | ... |
N.K.V.D. Man
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| Robert Henderson | ... |
U.S. Ambassador
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Stanley Maxted | ... |
John Barnes
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Meinhart Maur | ... |
Lemkov
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Alexis Chesnakov | ... |
General Zhdanov
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| Joseph Stalin | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
(as Iosif Stalin)
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| Martin Benson | ... |
Toasting Russian Officer (uncredited)
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| Jim Brady | ... |
Guard at Bolshoi Theatre (uncredited)
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| Anton Diffring | ... |
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Anton Dolin | ... |
Marya's Partner (uncredited)
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| Richard Marner | ... |
Toasting Russian Officer (uncredited)
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| Arthur Mullard | ... |
Russian Policeman (uncredited)
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| Christopher Rhodes | ... |
Plainclothes Police Officer at Airport (uncredited)
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Emile Stemmler | ... |
Russian Officers Outside Theatre (uncredited)
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| Russell Westwood | ... |
Russian Driver (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Delmer Daves | ||
Written by
| Paul Somers | ... | (novel "Come the Dawn") (as Roger Bax) |
| Ronald Millar | ... | (screenplay) and |
| George Froeschel | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Clarence Brown | ... | producer |
Music by
| Hans May | ||
Cinematography by
| Robert Krasker | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Frank Clarke | ||
Art Direction by
| Alfred Junge | ||
Makeup Department
| John Truwe | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Roy Parkinson | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Peter Price | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Peter Murton | ... | draughtsman (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| A.W. Watkins | ... | recording director |
| John Aldred | ... | dubbing crew (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Tom Howard | ... | photographic effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Paddy Aherne | ... | clapper loader (uncredited) |
| Christopher Doll | ... | focus puller (uncredited) |
| Skeets Kelly | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Hans May | ... | conductor |
Additional Crew
| Anton Dolin | ... | dance partner: Gene Tierney |
| Felicity Gray | ... | ballet teacher: Gene Tierney (uncredited) |
| Noreen Hipwell | ... | production secretary (uncredited) |
| Nathalie Krassovska | ... | dance double: Gene Tierney (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro (1953) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1954) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964) (United States) (tv)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Archive Collection (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Philip Sutherland is an American news writer stationed in Moscow since the war; while there he falls for a Russian ballet dancer, Marya Lamarkins, who, he finds out, learned English because she fell in love with him. They marry, only to find that the Soviet nation which gladly collaborated with the Allies against Hitler has become a paranoid police state in peacetime. Sutherland is forced to leave without Marya, but he's determined to get her back, whether it be through proper channels, or through dangerously improper ones.
Written by Gary Dickerson |
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| Taglines | He's terrific in HIS new action-adventure romance ! See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $1,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | In order to prepare for her role as a ballerina, Gene Tierney endured six weeks of grueling ballet lessons - two hours a day - under the tutelage of Anton Dolin. In long shots, she was doubled by Russian ballerina Nathalie Krassovska. See more » |
| Goofs | The city presented as Tallinn has a completely different geography than the real Tallinn; the area around the town is flat land. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Hollywood Mouth (2008). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Swan Lake See more » |
| Quotes |
Philip Sutherland:
The only way to figure the Russians is to put 2 and 2 together, make 9, add 7, divide by 4... and give up. See more » |