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Susan Slade

  • 1961
  • Approved
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
974
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Susan Slade (1961)
Having spent the last ten years - over half her so far short life - in the isolated Chilean desert as her father is an engineer with Corbett Mines, seventeen year old American Susan Slade is a naive and innocent young woman, unwise to the ways of the world. This world opens up to her when she and her parents, Roger and Leah Slade, move back to Monterrey, California, both Susan and Leah unaware that the move is because of a heart condition Roger has that can only improve with rest. En route from Valparaíso to San Francisco, a shipboard romance with mountaineer Conn White - which both secretly profess to be love and imminent marriage - results in Susan becoming pregnant. With Conn unable to be in the picture, the Slades decide to go overseas on another mining contract for two years, returning to Monterrey after that with the baby officially being Roger and Leah's. Roger is taking this course of action for Susan's sake at the risk of his own health. The primary question becomes whether Susan can keep to this story and give up the baby as her own, especially as she moves into the phase of adulthood and possible marriage, a husband to who she may feel she has to be totally truthful. Her main two suitors are both associated with Corbett Mines but in different ways. The first is Wells Corbett, the son of the company owner. Wells could provide for Susan, but she does not love him, and is uncertain if he would accept the truth. The second is Hoyt Brecker, the owner of the stables where Susan keeps her horse. Hoyt is a brooding young man, largely because his father, a Corbett accountant, was convicted of embezzlement, a conviction which Hoyt believes was wrong, and which resulted in his father committing suicide. While Susan ends up falling in love with him, she isn't sure if she wants to subject her shame to his life. Additionally, he may not be able to provide for her, he an aspiring writer who wants that to be his main vocation.
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A poor writer rivals a rich man's son for a young woman with a secret out-of-wedlock child.A poor writer rivals a rich man's son for a young woman with a secret out-of-wedlock child.A poor writer rivals a rich man's son for a young woman with a secret out-of-wedlock child.

  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writers
    • Doris Hume
    • Delmer Daves
  • Stars
    • Troy Donahue
    • Dorothy McGuire
    • Connie Stevens
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    974
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    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Doris Hume
      • Delmer Daves
    • Stars
      • Troy Donahue
      • Dorothy McGuire
      • Connie Stevens
    • 43User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Troy Donahue
    Troy Donahue
    • Hoyt Brecker
    Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
    • Leah Slade
    Connie Stevens
    Connie Stevens
    • Susan Slade
    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Roger Slade
    Brian Aherne
    Brian Aherne
    • Stanton Corbett
    Grant Williams
    Grant Williams
    • Conn White
    Natalie Schafer
    Natalie Schafer
    • Marion Corbett
    Kent Smith
    Kent Smith
    • Dr. Fane
    Bert Convy
    Bert Convy
    • Wells Corbett
    Guy Wilkerson
    Guy Wilkerson
    • Slim
    John A. Alonzo
    John A. Alonzo
    • Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Baker
    Bob Baker
    • Marionette Operator
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Bogle
    • Horse Trainer
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Brodus
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Cleaves
    • Bob
    • (uncredited)
    David L. Davis
    • Rogie Slade
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Dupuis
    • Betsy
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Eric
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Doris Hume
      • Delmer Daves
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    • Trivia
      In the scene where Susan rides her birthday horse, Chulo, for the first time, there was a cameo by champion stud Captain Topper, a Shetland pony born in 1956. He was adjudged the greatest model stallion at the National Congress Pony Show in 1958 and 1959, and won 17 championships and 40 blue ribbons. Captain Topper was purchased for $6000 by Miss Patricia Burton of Detroit, who operated a stud farm on the Monterey peninsula.
    • Goofs
      At the Old Southern Pacific train station in Monterey, when Susan's train arrives from San Francisco, the train is going the wrong way (we see the northbound train to San Francisco, not the southbound train from San Francisco).
    • Connections
      References A Summer Place (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from A Summer Place
      (uncredited)
      Music by Max Steiner
      Played on the radio on board ship

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    8/10

    A Classic Soaper

    A classic soaper, beautifully photographed by the late Lucien Ballard, and the absolutely lush musical score by the late Max Steiner elevates this movie to dizzying heights.

    Connie Stevens is perfectly cast as the the young naive girl falling in love for the first time. Unfortunately her beau is tragically killed before they can get married leaving her pregnant. Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy McGuire are perfectly cast as her understanding parents, as is faithful stable-boy Troy Donahue who pursues Connie until she finally give her heart to him.

    Very typical early 1960s mores abound. Watching this film now is very dated in fact in some parts even laughable; but that doesn't matter. This film is very underrated, and deserves to be on DVD along with the other Delmer Daves films of that era.

    It's hard to believe that the only actor alive from this film is Connie Stevens, everyone else has long since passed away.
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    • Release date
      • November 8, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Nur eine einzige Nacht
    • Filming locations
      • Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California, USA(restaurant where Susan and Hoyt ate)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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