Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

Director:

Martin Ritt

Writers:

A.E. Hotchner (screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway (stories)

Release Date:

28 September 1962 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I

Plot Keywords:

Manhood | Ambulance | Reporter | Nurse | Italian Army

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Golden Globes.

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Beymer	...	Nick Adams
Diane Baker	...	Carolyn
Corinne Calvet	...	Contessa
Fred Clark	...	Mr. Turner
Dan Dailey	...	Billy Campbell
James Dunn	...	Telegrapher
Juano Hernandez	...	Bugs
Arthur Kennedy	...	Dr. Adams
Ricardo Montalban	...	Major Padula
Paul Newman	...	The Battler
Susan Strasberg	...	Rosanna
Jessica Tandy	...	Mrs. Adams
Eli Wallach	...	John
Edward Binns	...	Brakeman
Philip Bourneuf	...	City Editor

Also Known As:

Adventures of a Young Man (UK)
Ernest Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (USA) (complete title)
Hemingways Abenteuer eines jungen Mannes (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Aventuras de Um Jovem (Portugal) [pt]
Cuando se tienen veinte años (Spain) [es]
Le avventure di un giovane (Italy) [it]
Nuoren miehen seikkailut (Finland) [fi]
O megalofyis tyhodioktis (Greece) [el]
Przygody mlodego czlowieka (Poland) [pl]
Vinderen taber altid (Denmark) [da]

Runtime:

145 min | USA:139 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #20134) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jerry Wald Productions

Trivia:

Ernest Hemingway wrote the opening and closing narration and was scheduled to deliver it himself, but his suicide prior to the film's conclusion prevented that.

Quotes:

Bugs: [to Nick as he is leaving] You, uh, find yourself a buddy - your own kind of buddy. A man alone has no damn chance, you hear?

Oddly Familiar

This film attempts to compile all or most of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories into one complete whole. The effect is a coming of age story that ends on a bitter/semi-sweet note. Along the way you see a series of stories populated by well known actors and actresses.

There is a sequence that reminds one of Farewell to Arms (wounded ambulance driver falls in love with nurse, who eventually dies in his arms).

There is the overbearing, controlling, religious mother and the anguished father (who eventually takes his own life).

There is the hard boiled newspaper editor, who gives sound hard boiled advice.

I liked the movie, but I am unsure whether I would recommend it to someone else.