Fresh
An engrossing romantic drama that tells a good story with fine performances and an overall honesty of dramatic purpose.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The sensational story of youth on a fling
1954 · 1h 56m · APPROVED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Overview
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
Director and cast
- Richard Brooks Director
- Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Ellswirth
- Van Johnson as Charles Wills
- Walter Pidgeon as James Ellswirth
- Donna Reed as Marion Ellswirth
- Eva Gabor as Lorraine Quarl
- Kurt Kasznar as Maurice
- George Dolenz as Claude Matine
- Roger Moore as Paul
- Sandy Descher as Vicki
- Celia Lovsky as Mama
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What is to be said of such a picture? The story is trite. The motivations are thin. The writing is glossy and pedestrian. The acting is pretty much forced.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
This picture tries to please everybody. It won't.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
An enjoyable (if heavy-handed) melodrama.
Time Out
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