The Pride and the Passion
The Pride and the Passion is a 1957 American Napoleonic-era war film in Technicolor and VistaVision from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren. The film co-stars Theodore Bikel and Jay Novello.
Plot
During the Peninsular War, Napoleon's armies overrun Spain. An enormous siege cannon, belonging to the Spanish army, is abandoned when it slows down the army's retreat. French cavalrymen are dispatched to find it.
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| author | Earl Felton Edna Anhalt Edward Anhalt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Spain |
| director | Stanley Kramer |
| editor | Ellsworth Hoagland Frederic Knudtson |
| events | Napoleonic Wars |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon belong dead body french art holy week kill mountain pass obsess patron saint saint teresa peninsular war royal navy strong walls suffer teresa of ávila town square walls of ávila |
| musicBy | George Antheil |
| producer | Stanley Kramer |
| productionCompany | Stanley Kramer |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Madrid |
| theme | war |