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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.
- $2.5 million
- Louis D. Lighton, Lamar Trotti
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.
- (819)
- Drama, War
- Henry King
- 1945-06-21
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.
- Henry King, Joseph Behm, Serge Bertensson
- Gene Tierney
Movie Info. 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.
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- Henry King
- Drama
- Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix
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A Bell for Adano is directed by Henry King and stars John Hodiak, Gene Tierney, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Harry Morgan & Glenn Langan. The screenplay by Norman Reilly Raine is adapted from the novel A Bell for Adano by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945.
