Some Came Running

Frank Sinatra (starring)
Vincente Minnelli (director)
James Jones (novel)
Virgil Apger (photographer)
John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman (screenwriters)
Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer (starring)

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Collection of 3 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film.

Based on Jones' 1957 novel, set in postwar Indiana, where Dave Hirsh (Sinatra) returns to his home town, fresh out of the army and looking to resume his career as a writer. He meets professional gambler Bama Dillert (Martin) and they become friends, at the same time dealing with Ginnie Moorehead (MacLaine), a girl he met in Chicago who would spell tragedy. Disparaged, he looks for life's answers elsewhere, until he meets Gwen French (Hyer), a teacher and an admirer of his early writing.

Set in Indiana and shot on location there and in Kentucky.

8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall, else Near Fine.


[Book #133575]