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A Bell for Adano is a 1945 American war film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey , which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945.
A Bell for Adano: Directed by Henry King. With Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan. During WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.
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- Drama, War
- Henry King
- 1945-06-21
A Bell for Adano is a 1944 novel by John Hersey, the winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It tells the story of an Italian-American officer in Sicily during World War II who wins the respect and admiration of the people of the town of Adano by helping them find a replacement for the town bell that the Fascists had melted down for ...
- John Hersey
- 1944
John Hersey. 3.98. 8,585 ratings438 reviews. An Italian-American major during World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700 year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists.
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Mar 12, 1988 · This classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story of an Italian-American major in World War II who wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700-year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists.
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- John Hersey
- $13.99
- Vintage
A Bell for Adano. After the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II, U.S. Army major Victor Joppolo (John Hodiak) is placed in charge of the small Sicilian fishing village of Adano.
- Drama
The story concerns Italian-American U.S. Army Major Victor Joppolo, placed in charge of the town of Adano during the campaign in Sicily, and his efforts to replace the 700-year-old bell that was taken from the town by the Fascists to be melted down for ammunition.
