Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Directed by Victor Saville · 141 min · Drama, History, Romance
30.6 TOPICAL score · #3,493 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.
Green Dolphin Street (1947, directed by Victor Saville) has a TOPICAL score of 30.6 - ranked 3,493 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (20 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 21 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (20 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Special Effects
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 21 languages
- Still read3,146 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Lana Turner (actor #745), Van Heflin (actor #844), Donna Reed (actor #225), Richard Hart