Hemingway's

Adventures of a Young Man 

(1962)

Directed by Martin Ritt

Writing credits: A.E. Hotchner based on a story by Ernest Hemingway

Cast (in credits order):

Richard Beymer.... Nick Adams

Diane Baker.... Carolyn

Corinne Calvet.... Contessa

Fred Clark .... Mr. Turner

Dan Dailey.... Billy Campbell

James Dunn .... Telegrapher

Juano Hernandez.... Bugs

Arthur Kennedy .... Doc Adams

Ricardo Montalban.... Major Padula

Paul Newman.... Ad Francis

Susan Strasberg.... Rosanna

Jessica Tandy.... Mrs. Adams

Eli Wallach.... John

Michael J. Pollard.... George

Simon Oakland.... Joe Boulton

Ed Binns.... Brakeman

Whit Bissell.... Ludstrum

Tullio Carminati.... Rosanna's father

Pat Hogan.... Billy Tabeshaw

Produced by Jerry Wald

Original music by Franz Waxman

Cinematography by Lee Garmes

Film Editing by Hugh S. Fowler

Art Direction by Paul Groesse and Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by Robert Priestley and Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by Don Feld

Runtime: 145 min

Country: USA

Color

Leonard Maltin Summary: Loosely based on autobiographical data from his stories, this pretensious, drawn-out memory of the famed author is overblown, cornball, and embarrasing. Fine cast mostly wasted. Cinemascope.

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