Full of Life explained

Full of Life
Director:Richard Quine
Producer:Fred Kohlmar
Screenplay:John Fante
Starring:Judy Holliday
Richard Conte
Salvatore Baccaloni
Music:George Duning
Cinematography:Charles Lawton Jr.
Editing:Charles Nelson
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Distributor:Columbia Pictures
Runtime:91 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Gross:$1.3 million (US rentals)[1]

Full of Life is a 1956 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Quine and starring Judy Holliday and Richard Conte. It was nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America in 1957.

Plot

Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant stonemason with whom he has a difficult relationship, and ask him to do the work. Confronting the issues of religion and family tradition which have separated father and son causes Nick and Emily to reevaluate their lives and the things they value most.

See also

Notes and References

  1. "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30