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Film Matinee: A Farewell to Arms

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones Vittorio De Sica
1917. Lt Frederic Henry , an American ambulance driver, meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley , a British volunteer nurse. For a short while, amid the chaos of war around them, they are blissfully happy but then a series of terrible events shatters their world for ever. Ernest Hemingway 's tragic love story set during the final months of World War I, was filmed in epic style against the spectacular backdrop of northern Italy and Switzerland.
Screenplay by BEN HECHT Based on the novel by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Produced by DAVID O. SELZNICK Directed by CHARLES VIDOR
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Contributors

Unknown:
Rock Hudson
Unknown:
Jennifer Jones
Unknown:
Vittorio de Sica
Unknown:
Lt Frederic Henry
Unknown:
Catherine Barkley
Unknown:
Ernest Hemingway
Unknown:
Ben Hecht
Novel By:
Ernest Hemingway
Produced By:
David O. Selznick
Directed By:
Charles Vidor
Lt Frederic Henry:
Rock Hudson
Nurse Catherine Barkley:
Jennifer Jones
Major AUessandro Rinaldi:
Vtttorio de Sica
Fr Galli:
Alberto Sordi
Bonello:
Kurt Kasznar
Miss Van Campen:
Mercedes McCambridge
Dr Emerich:
Oscar Homolka
Helen Ferguson:
Elaine Stritch
Passini:
Leopoldo Trieste
Aymo:
Franco Interlenghi
Col Valentini:
Victor Francen
Source: Radio Times

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