Plymouth Adventure

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Plymouth Adventure

Original film poster
Directed by Clarence Brown
Produced by Dore Schary
Written by Helen Deutsch
Ernest Gebler (novel)
Starring Spencer Tracy
Gene Tierney
Van Johnson
Leo Genn
Barry Jones
Dawn Addams
Lloyd Bridges
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Editing by Robert J. Kern
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s) Flag of the United States 14 November 1952
Running time 105 min
Country USA
Language English
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Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 motion picture drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Dore Schary. It was adapted by Helen Deutsch, from the novel The Plymouth Adventure by Ernest Gebler.

The film stars Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Barry Jones, Dawn Addams, Lloyd Bridges and John Dehner.

The film is notable as being the last film directed by veteran director Clarence Brown.

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[edit] Plot

The film tells a fictionalized version of the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to North America aboard the Mayflower. During the long sea voyage, Capt. Christopher Jones (Tracy) falls in love with Dorothy Bradford (Tierney), the wife of William Bradford (Leo Genn) . The love triangle is resolved in a tragic way at the film's conclusion. Lloyd Bridges provides comic relief as the stowaway, Coppin.

[edit] Cast

Spencer Tracy ... Christopher Jones
Gene Tierney ... Dorothy Bradford
Van Johnson ... John Alden
Leo Genn ... William Bradford
Barry Jones ... William Brewster
Dawn Addams ... Priscilla Mullins
Lloyd Bridges ... Coppin
Noel Drayton ... Miles Standish
John Dehner ... Gilbert Winslow
Tommy Ivo ... William Button
Lowell Gilmore ... Edward Winslow

[edit] Award

The picture won the Oscar for Best Effects.

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