I Want You (1951 film)

I Want You
Directed by	Mark Robson
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Written by	Irwin Shaw
Starring	Dana Andrews
Music by	Leigh Harline
Cinematography	Harry Stradling
Edited by	Daniel Mandell
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	December 22, 1951 (1951-12-22)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million (US rentals)[1]

I Want You is a 1951 film directed by Mark Robson taking place in America during the Korean War. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound (Gordon E. Sawyer).^[2]

Plot

In the "early summer of 1950", Martin Greer owns a small construction company. An Army combat engineer for four years during World War II, he and wife Nancy have two young children. George Kress asks Martin to write a letter to the Selective Service System stating that his son, George Jr., is "indispensable" for their company and thus exempt from the draft. Martin refuses, and George Jr. joins the army as the Korean War begins.

Martin's younger brother Jack is in love with college student Carrie Turner. Despite a trick knee he is drafted; Jack suspects that her father, who is on the local draft board and opposes their relationship, is the reason. His mother, who lost a son during the last war, asks Martin to write an "indispensable" letter for his brother; he seriously considers it but does not do so, and Nancy criticizes Jack for his reluctance to serve. Jack joins the army, where he briefly sees George Jr. before the latter goes to Korea.

The army reports that George Jr. is missing in action, and his father drunkenly blames Martin. His former superior officer, having rejoined the military, asks Martin to join him; although eligible for exemptions, he agrees. Jack and Carrie marry during a furlough before he also goes overseas.

References

External links

• I Want You at the Internet Movie Database