Never Let Me Go (1953 film)
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| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Produced by | Clarence Brown |
| Screenplay by |
George Froeschel Ronald Millar |
| Based on |
Came the Dawn 1949 novel by Roger Bax |
| Starring |
Clark Gable Gene Tierney |
| Music by | Hans May |
| Cinematography | Robert Krasker |
| Edited by | Frank Clarke |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,588,000 |
| Box office | $2,418,000 |
Never Let Me Go is a 1953 MGM romantic adventure film starring Clark Gable and Gene Tierney. The picture, directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Clarence Brown, was from a screenplay by George Froeschel and Ronald Millar, based on the novel Came the Dawn by Roger Bax (a.k.a. Andrew Garve/Paul Winterton/Paul Somers).
The supporting cast includes Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita, Kenneth More, and Theodore Bikel. The movie was shot at MGM's British studios and on location in Cornwall.
Moscow based newspaper reporter Philip Sutherland (Clark Gable) is in love with Marya (Gene Tierney), a ballerina. He and radio broadcaster Steve Quillan (Kenneth More) go to see her perform Swan Lake with the Bolshoi Ballet, and a pleased Philip learns that Marya wishes to marry him and accompany him home to San Francisco.
They are married in the U.S. embassy, where they are warned that obtaining an exit visa is often quite difficult. On their honeymoon, they meet Christopher Denny (Richard Haydn), an Englishman married to Marya's good friend Svetlana (Anna Valentina), who is pregnant. But when he is seen taking innocent photographs, Denny is taken into custody and banished from Russia.
Svetlana gives birth to a son in Philip and Marya's apartment. Cold War tensions are heightened, and when the Sutherlands attempt to leave, Marya is detained. Philip flies home alone and is unable to get permission to return.
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