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From The Terrace builds up to one big cliche.
Variety Staff, Variety
From the Terrace
You can't buy respectability by putting a wedding ring on it!
1960 · 2h 29m · APPROVED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mark Robson
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From the Terrace
Overview
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
Director and cast
- Mark Robson Director
- Paul Newman as David Alfred Eaton
- Joanne Woodward as Mary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton
- Ted de Corsia as Mr. Ralph W. Benziger
- Ina Balin as Natalie Benziger
- Elizabeth Allen as Sage Rimmington
- Barbara Eden as Clemmie Shreve
- George Grizzard as Alexander 'Lex' Porter
- Patrick O'Neal as Dr. Jim Roper
- Raymond Greenleaf as Fritz Thornton
- Myrna Loy as Martha Eaton
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a handsome picture, well-performed and emotionally intriguing as it describes the rise of a young business man and the corrosive dead-lock of his loveless marriage.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
Rotten
A tolerable (if interminable) piece of mediocrity from 1960.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Robson's film is still highly watchable, with Paul and Joanne pretending their marriage is on the rocks, and all sorts of machinations in the boardroom and the bedroom.
Time Out
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