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Some Came Running

	Some Came Running
	by MGM (Warner) Sales Rank: 10364 Price: $9.98

The first time Frank Sinatra acted in an adaptation of a James Jones novel, he won an Oscar--it was in <I>From Here to Eternity</I>. The resurgent Sinatra found one of his best subsequent roles as a bitter, boozy failed writer, the hero of Jones's <I>Some Came Running.</I> Returning to his hometown in the Midwest, he runs into the rampant hypocrisy of the "good" life, as embodied by his insincere brother (Arthur Kennedy). Sinatra the cynic plumps for the company of a floozy (Shirley MacLaine) and a misogynist gambler (Dean Martin), while making a desperate bid for the affection of a strait-laced teacher (Martha Hyer). Director Vincente Minnelli (<I>Meet Me in St. Louis</I>) infuses the material with a slow-burning tension, and the climax at a carnival is an eye-filling piece of orchestrated chaos. Elmer Bernstein's moody score is another plus. Footnote to film history: the hero of Jean-Luc Godard's <I>Contempt</I> says he wears his hat in the bathtub as an hommage to Dean Martin in <I>Some Came Running.</I> <I>--Robert Horton</I> *Viewer Reviews* Wide Screen Color Bonanaza, Vincente Minnelli, Judy's hubby, known for lavish Hollywood Musicals, does a very theatrical late 1950's melodrama, almost Douglas Sirk like. Oh, the repressed sexuality and hypocracy. It's not a 50's Hitchcock masterpiece like Vertigo or To Catch a Thief, but the film's from a pot-boiler James Jones novel, takes itself pretty seriously, slicing away that exotic Indiana underbelly with Shirley MacLaine doin the cupie doll stereotype. Arthur Kennedy does not look like Frank Sinatra's brother, but he is slimey. Frank and Dean play, ah, Frank and Dean. Look, there's good scenes, despite some hokey steamy stuff. The real meat of this film, the Sinatra-MacLaine insult and love me scenes, nice work and Dean comes in for a mean-turn that's kind of believable. But the best, the Director's carnival-at-night killer shots with the pulsating brass score, that's film making. Still, all parts together, it's not complete as a work of art. Back To Top
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