The Sandpiper (1965)
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- Approved
- 1h 57min
- Drama, Romance
- 23 Jun 1965 (USA)
- Movie
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Elizabeth Taylor | ... |
Laura Reynolds
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Richard Burton | ... |
Dr. Edward Hewitt
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Eva Marie Saint | ... |
Claire Hewitt
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Charles Bronson | ... |
Cos Erickson
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Robert Webber | ... |
Ward Hendricks
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James Edwards | ... |
Larry Brant
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Torin Thatcher | ... |
Judge Thompson
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Tom Drake | ... |
Walter Robinson
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Douglas Henderson | ... |
Phil Sutcliff
(as Doug Henderson)
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Morgan Mason | ... |
Danny Reynolds
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
John Abbey | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Jan Arvan | ... |
Trustee (uncredited)
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Mary Benoit | ... |
Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
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Shirley Bonne | ... |
Celebrant #9 (uncredited)
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Dusty Cadis | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Joan Connors | ... |
Celebrant #7 (uncredited)
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Tom Crane | ... |
Walter Robinson (uncredited)
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Tom Curtis | ... |
Trustee (uncredited)
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Jeff Davis | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Colin Drake | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Fred Fisher | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Mel Gallagher | ... |
Celebrant #4 (uncredited)
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Kelton Garwood | ... |
Celebrant #2 (uncredited)
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Paul Genge | ... |
Architect (uncredited)
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Max Gulak | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Ginger Hall | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Harper | ... |
The Sandpiper (uncredited)
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John Hart | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Rex Holman | ... |
Celebrant #1 (uncredited)
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April Hyde | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Peggy Jackson | ... |
Celebrant #8 (uncredited)
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Peter Jackson | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Patricia Manning | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Pamela Mason | ... |
Ellie (uncredited)
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Jimmy Murphy | ... |
Celebrant #3 (uncredited)
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Nico | ... |
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
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Jo O'Toole | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Peter O'Toole | ... |
(uncredited) (voice)
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Jean Peaslee | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Douglas Read | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Diane Sayer | ... |
Celebrant #6 (uncredited)
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June Shelley | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Shelly Sidney | ... |
Celebrant #10 (uncredited)
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Eric Sinclair | ... |
Beatnik (uncredited)
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Barbara Sommers | ... |
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
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Roscoe Stallworth | ... |
Beatnik (uncredited)
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Anthony Stuart | ... |
Administrator (uncredited)
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Carl Studer | ... |
Harold (uncredited)
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Olga Valéry | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Sophie Veneck | ... |
Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
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Ron Whelan | ... |
Celebrant #5 (uncredited)
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T.D. White | ... |
Beatnik (uncredited)
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Directed by
Vincente Minnelli |
Written by
Martin Ransohoff | ... | (story) |
Irene Kamp | ... | (adaptation) & |
Louis Kamp | ... | (adaptation) |
Dalton Trumbo | ... | (screenplay) and |
Michael Wilson | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
John Calley | ... | associate producer |
Martin Ransohoff | ... | producer |
Music by
Johnny Mandel |
Cinematography by
Milton R. Krasner | ... | director of photography (as Milton Krasner) |
Editing by
David Bretherton |
Art Direction by
George W. Davis | ||
Urie McCleary |
Set Decoration by
F. Keogh Gleason | ... | (as Keogh Gleason) |
Henry Grace |
Costume Design by
Irene Sharaff |
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair stylist |
John Truwe | ... | makeup artist |
William Tuttle | ... | makeup supervisor |
Production Management
Ben Kadish | ... | supervising production executive |
Lindsley Parsons Jr. | ... | assistant production manager: MGM (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William McGarry | ... | assistant director |
Lynn Guthrie | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Elizabeth Duquette | ... | painter: Laura's paintings |
Edmund Kara | ... | sculptor: redwood sculpture |
Sound Department
Franklin Milton | ... | recording supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Borden | ... | wildlife cinematography |
Richard Borden | ... | wildlife photography |
Bernie Abramson | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Douglas Kirkland | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Music Department
Robert Armbruster | ... | conductor |
Billy Byers | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Gene Cipriano | ... | musician (uncredited) |
Vince De Rosa | ... | musician: french horn (uncredited) |
Tommy Johnson | ... | musician: tuba (uncredited) |
Artie Kane | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Jack Sheldon | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Herb Rosenthal | ... | title art |
Eduardo Tirella | ... | coordinator of "Big Sur" scene |
Kaffe Fassett | ... | choreographer: dancing sequence (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Filmways Pictures (co-production)
- Venice Productions (co-production)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Fotorama (1965) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- CBS (1969) (United States) (tv) (original airing) (pan/scan)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1985) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (4 film set)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film set)
- Warner Bros. (2020) (United States) (video) (streaming)
- Filmes Castello Lopes (1965) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Télé Monte Carlo (1989) (Italy) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Twenty-something Laura Reynolds (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) is a free spirit who questions social conventions, laws, and regulations. A struggling artist, she lives in a secluded beachside cabin in Big Sur with her 9-year-old illegitimate son Danny (Morgan Mason), in whom she instills her values. Because of this questioning of convention, she has decided to home-school him; because of this questioning of the law, Danny runs into legal problems and is court-ordered to be sent to San Simeon, a Christian school in Monterey, California. This order is against Laura's wishes. The school's headmaster is Dr. Reverend Edward Hewitt (Richard Burton), who tries to convince Laura that San Simeon is not the prison she imagines. Married for 21 years to faithful Claire (Eva Marie Saint), Edward has become more a fund-raiser at all cost (for a new chapel) rather than an educator or Priest. Despite their differences, Laura and Edward begin to fall for each other and both, especially Edward, must reconcile their feelings for each other to their beliefs, which they learn are closer to each other than they thought. Their feelings also bring to the forefront what each really wants in life beyond their current lot. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | AN ADULT LOVE STORY See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $5,300,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $15,260,000 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Richard Burton tried to get out of making this movie but he was under contractual obligation. See more » |
Goofs | Claire Hewitt tells her husband that Danny "was reciting the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Old English." The language Chaucer wrote in, and that Danny recites in, is Middle English, not Old English. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Shadow of Your Smile See more » |
Quotes |
Laura Reynolds:
[they're on the beach, along the Big Sur]
I feel as alone as Robinson Crusoe. Even with the footprints of a man beside me. Dr. Edward Hewitt: You should always have a man's footprints beside you, Laura. Laura Reynolds: How do you know I haven't always? Dr. Edward Hewitt: Because you're afraid of them... Laura Reynolds: But I'm not as afraid as you think. Dr. Edward Hewitt: Do you think that one of these days Danny's going to feel somehow that you robbed him of a father? Laura Reynolds: Well, that's a chance I'm gonna' have to take. Do you know something? If I were a devoted widow, and Danny's father were a dead war hero, would you be pitching me this bit about finding a second father to replace the dead one? Dr. Edward Hewitt: Touché. See more » |