Death of a Salesman
- 1951
- 1h 55m
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7.2/10
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An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.
- Nominated for 5 Oscars
- 7 wins & 11 nominations total
Beverly Aadland
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Jeanne Bates
- Mother
- (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
- Mother
- (uncredited)
Roger Broaddus
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
- Subway Guard
- (uncredited)
Patricia Edwards
- Letta
- (uncredited)
Elisabeth Fraser
- Miss Forsythe
- (uncredited)
Charles Morton
- Subway Passenger
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to Arthur Miller, in a 2000 essay entitled, "Are You Now Or Were You Ever?" Columbia asked Miller to sign an anti-Communist declaration to ward off the threat of picket lines by the American Legion at theaters showing "Death of a Salesman". He refused. Instead, Columbia made another movie, a short film entitled "Life of a Salesman" to be shown with it. The short consisted of business professors from City College praising sales as a profession, and denouncing the character of Willy Loman. Miller wrote: "Never in show-business history has a studio spent so much good money to prove that its feature film was pointless."
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
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A Long Lost Gem
This all but lost 1951 version of Arthur Miller's American masterpiece was nominated for several prestigious Academy Awards in 1952, including Best Picture. That it has never been officially released on video is a shame, for, quite simply, Fredric March's go around as Willy Loman is a absolute treasure. The supporting cast are uniformly excellent; the mood and tone are consistently melancholy; the sets are spare, even stagy; and, most important, the pace is as brisk as this play will allow. Please search out this one out on TV-- you will not be disappointed.
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- milquetoast29
- Oct 3, 2000
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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