QIs "A Place in the Sun" based on a book?
AA Place in the Sun is based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by American writer Theodore Dreiser. The novel was adapted for the movie by screenwriters Michael Wilson and Harry Brown. The novel was also filmed as An American Tragedy in 1931.
QWas George really guilty of murder?
AThat is the crux of the movie and something that each viewer must ask themselves. The movie plainly shows that George took Alice out on the lake with the intention of killing her. It also shows that it was Alice who capsized the rowboat and plunged both herself and George into the water. What it does not show is what happened after George and Alice were plunged into the water. Did it happen as George explained it...that they came up on opposite sides of the boat and that, by the time George swam over to help Alice, she had already gone under? Or did it happen as the priest wonders...that George's mind was on Angela at the time and that George allowing Alice to drown would set him free?
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for A Place in the Sun can be found here.
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