The Proud and Profane
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| Directed by | George Seaton |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Screenplay by | George Seaton |
| Based on |
Magnificent Bastards 1953 novel by Lucy Herndon Crockett |
| Starring |
William Holden Deborah Kerr Thelma Ritter Dewey Martin William Redfield |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | John F. Warren |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.9 million |
The Proud and Profane is a 1956 dramatic war romance made by William Perlberg-George Seaton Productions for Paramount Pictures. It was directed by George Seaton and produced by William Perlberg, from a screenplay by George Seaton, based on the novel The Magnificent Bastards by Lucy Herndon Crockett.
It stars William Holden and Deborah Kerr, with Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin and William Redfield.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy) and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head).
In Noumea, New Caledonia 1943, Lee Ashley (Deborah Kerr), the widow of a Paramarine lieutenant killed on the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal has joined the American Red Cross on the island to entertain American servicemen. Her leader at the service club, Kate Connors (Thelma Ritter) had initially been reluctant to have her assigned to New Caledonia lest she use her position as a pilgrimage to find out about her late husband. In addition to entertaining, serving the soldiers and giving French lessons, the Red Cross women are expected to help with the wounded — which Lee initially refuses to do.
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