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Romance starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. A passionate romance blooms between a wounded American soldier and a brave nurse amidst the chaos and heartache of World War I.
About the programme: An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
FeaturingRock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Luigi Barzini, Georges Brehat, Oskar Homolka, Mercedes McCambridge, Elaine Stritch
Review snapshotIt was always going to be hard enough to adapt this novel for the screen, and given Gary Cooper did an OK job with it in 1932, I am not quite sure why David O. Selznick concluded that is might be a ripe vehicle for Rock Hudson to reprise. He is the American "Lt. Henry" serving in Italy during the Great War when he meets British nurse "Catherine" (Jennifer Jones). They take an immediate shine to each other but needless to say the War has no time to stop and indulge their affection and the film follows the ups and do…
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