Gregory Peck
Harry Street
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Synopsis
Stranded on an African safari with a dangerous infection, a writer revisits the choices that shaped his life. Memories of love, travel and abandoned possibilities interrupt the uncertainty of the present. His wife waits beside him as the distance between the person he became and the writer he hoped to be grows harder to ignore.
Cast
DirectorsHenry King
Inspirations
The film expands Ernest Hemingway's short story into a broad romantic retrospective. Cynthia, played by Ava Gardner, was created for this adaptation, and the ending departs from Hemingway's. The result reflects Hollywood's approach to turning a compressed literary work into a star-led feature.
Behind the scenes
Not every distant location required a new expedition: the bullfighting material came from Fox's earlier Blood and Sand. The film combines that reused footage with studio work and a large-scale colour presentation.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Gregory Peck — Studio · Public domain
- Susan Hayward — 20th Century Fox · Public domain
- Ava Gardner — Unknown photographer Unknown photographer · Public domain
- Leo G. Carroll — Photographer-Vandamm, New York · Public domain
