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Songfacts®: "Town Without Pity" was Gene Pitney's first hit. Its success was partly due to it being from the movie of the same name, with the star appeal of Kirk Douglas attracting a lot of attention. The song won the very first Golden Globe award for best original song, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
Feb 25, 2017 · A #13 hit in 1961 on the Billboard Hot 100. LYRICS: When you're young and so in love as weAnd bewildered by the world we seeWhy do people hurt us soOnly tho...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Setting the Scene. “Town Without Pity” was written for the 1961 film of the same name, which is a portrayal of the trial of four American soldiers accused of raping a German girl in post-war Germany. The song was subsequently nominated for Best Song at the 34th Academy Awards. At its core, the song is about the unfair and unjust judgment of ...
Jan 31, 2010 · GENE PITNEY -Town Without Pity - With SING ALONG Lyrics - Please visit my new Gene Pitney web site at http://genepitney.webs.com/
Mar 8, 2013 · "Town Without Pity" was Gene Pitney's first hit. Its success was partly due to it being from the movie of the same name, with the star appeal of Kirk Douglas attracting a lot of attention. The song won the very first Golden Globe award for best original song, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
Town Without Pity (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Painful And Embarassing First scene for prosecutor Maj. Pakenham (E.G. Marshall), deposing hospitalized teenage German rape victim Karin (Christine Kaufman), Army defense lawyer Garrett (Kirk Douglas) and defendants (Frank Sutton, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Blake, Mal Sondock) observing, in Town Without ...
Ours is not an easy age. We're like tigers in a cage. What a town without pity can do. The young have problems, many problems. We need an understanding heart. Why don't they help us, try to help us. Before this clay and granite planet falls apart. Take these eager lips and hold me fast. I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last.
