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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1951 American drama film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Teresa<br />
| image = Teresa 1951 Poster.jpg<br />
| alt = Poster with an illustration of actress Pier Angeli and film details<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Fred Zinnemann]]<br />
| producer = [[Arthur Loew, Jr.]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Stewart Stern]]<br />
| story = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]]<br />
* Stewart Stern<br />
}}<br />
| starring = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Pier Angeli]]<br />
* [[John Ericson]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[Louis Applebaum]]<br />
| cinematography = William Miller<br />
| editing = {{Plainlist|<br />
* Dave Kummins<br />
* [[Frank Sullivan (film editor)|Frank Sullivan]]<br />
}}<br />
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br />
| distributor = [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's Inc.]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1951|04|05|[[New York City|NYC]]}}<br />
| runtime = 102 minutes<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget = $610,000<ref name="mannix"/><ref name="nytimes-brady"/><br />
| gross = $1,783,000<ref name="mannix"/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Teresa''''' is a 1951 American [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]] and starring [[Pier Angeli]] and [[John Ericson]]. The film's screenplay was written by [[Stewart Stern]] based on a story he wrote with [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]], for which they were nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Story]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Phillip Cass, a sensitive young man, is saddled with a mother from hell. While fighting [[Italian campaign (World War II)|in Italy]] during World War II, he marries a sweet, young Italian woman (Pier Angeli) who might be able to change his life and satisfy his desire to be loved. Readjustment proves difficult as the young couple have to share a New York apartment with his parents and sister, while Philip feels a failure at menial jobs. The birth of a baby finally gives the couple new hope.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Pier Angeli]] as Teresa Russo<br />
* [[John Ericson]] as Philip Cass<br />
* [[Patricia Collinge]] as Mrs. Clara Cass <br />
* Richard Bishop as Mr. Cass <br />
* [[Peggy Ann Garner]] as Susan Cass<br />
* [[Ralph Meeker]] as Sgt. Dobbs<br />
* [[Bill Mauldin]] as Grissom<br />
* [[Ave Ninchi]] as Teresa's Mother<br />
* [[Edward Binns]] as Sgt. Brown<br />
* [[Rod Steiger]] as Frank<br />
* [[Aldo Silvani]] as Professor Crocce<br />
* Tommy Lewis as Walter<br />
* [[Franco Interlenghi]] as Mario<br />
* [[Lee Marvin]] as G.I. (uncredited)<br />
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==Reception==<br />
According to MGM records, the film made $743,000 in the United States and Canada, and $1,004,000 elsewhere, recording a profit of $421,000.<ref name="mannix"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name="nytimes-brady">{{cite news|last=Brady |first=Thomas F. |title=Speculative Filmmaking on Low Budgets Increases ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 11, 1951 }}</ref><br />
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<ref name="mannix">{{cite book|last=Mannix |first=Eddie |title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger |publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study |location=Los Angeles }}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0044112|Teresa}}<br />
* {{Tcmdb title|445|Teresa}}<br />
* {{amg movie|112931}}<br />
* {{AFI film|id=53430|title=Teresa}}<br />
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{{Fred Zinnemann}}<br />
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[[Category:1951 films]]<br />
[[Category:1951 romantic drama films]]<br />
[[Category:American romantic drama films]]<br />
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Fred Zinnemann]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Italy]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in New York City]]<br />
[[Category:Italian Campaign of World War II films]]<br />
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Louis Applebaum]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Stewart Stern]]<br />
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s American films]]<br />
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