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An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Elizabeth Allen
- Sage Rimmington
- (as Betty Ellen)
Dorothy Adams
- Mrs. Benziger
- (uncredited)
Joseph Bardo
- Guard
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe third of ten feature films co-starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. They also teamed for three TV movies and mini-series.
- GoofsThe amount of milk in MacHardie's glass changes between shots when he's alone with Eaton.
- Quotes
Mary St. John: Why didn't you bestow this honor on some other girl out there?
Alfred Eaton: Because I rather liked the view from the terrace. Then I saw you and I liked the view even more.
Mary St. John: You've touched me deeply.
Alfred Eaton: But not in the right places.
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's My Line?: Myrna Loy (1960)
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Interesting mid-century drama.
This engaging 1960 Hollywood production anticipated a coming decade of changing values in America. Its script teeters a bit, emphasizing a bit more the strain of the love conflict rather than the story's real essence. This is an easy mark for critics standing by with sharp knives who may then view it as superficial. However, its real drama depicts the changing generations of an America where at one time successes was measured only by the bank account and social prominence and not by integrity, the ramifications of truth in character.
Here, we see the contrasting generations in conflict. The Old Guard embraced expediency and placed the home and its values second to business success. Once in a while, a young man came along with enough awareness to see the lie in this doctrine. FROM THE TERRACE is in its pure essence the story about such a young man. This was done with a bit more success a few years before in THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT but this drama is certainly worthwhile seeing. It is well cast and played with production values that at the time were the best that Hollywood could offer. This includes an outstanding music score by Elmer Bernstein.
Here, we see the contrasting generations in conflict. The Old Guard embraced expediency and placed the home and its values second to business success. Once in a while, a young man came along with enough awareness to see the lie in this doctrine. FROM THE TERRACE is in its pure essence the story about such a young man. This was done with a bit more success a few years before in THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT but this drama is certainly worthwhile seeing. It is well cast and played with production values that at the time were the best that Hollywood could offer. This includes an outstanding music score by Elmer Bernstein.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $11,336,000
- Runtime2 hours 29 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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