Tender is the Night
- Original title
- Tender is the Night
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 146 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Ivan Moffat. Novel: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Cast
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- Jennifer Jones
- Jason Robards
- Joan Fontaine
- Tom Ewell
- Cesare Danova
- Jill St. John
- Paul Lukas
- Bea Benaderet
- Charles Fredericks
- Sanford Meisner
- Mac McWhorter
- Albert Carrier
- Richard De Combray
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1920s
- Movie Groups
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Adaptations
- Synopsis
- David O. Selznick had intended to film an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night as a vehicle for his wife Jennifer Jones. But financial difficulties compelled Selznick to sell the property (including Ms. Jones' services) to 20th Century-Fox. Jones stars as a wealthy but disturbed woman of the 1920s who marries her psychiatrist (Jason Robards Jr.). They live together at her Riviera estate, where the doctor's analytical skills atrophy. As Jones grows stronger, the doctor becomes totally dependent upon her emotionally and financially. The film's supporting characters are equally self-destructive, notably an alcoholic composer (Tom Ewell) and Jones' avaricious sister (Joan Fontaine). Perhaps if Selznick had produced Tender is the Night, the film wouldn't have wallowed in misery for its own sake; on the other hand, we still would have been stuck with Jennifer Jones, who is woefully miscast. (Hal Erickson: All Movie Guide)
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