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Plot

On the outs in Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis. Perhaps had it been made in Hollywood as intended, Give Us This Day would not have been allowed to run on for 120 minutes, nor would the actors have been permitted to indulge in terminal sanctimony. Based on Pietro di Donato's novel Christ in Concrete, Give Us This Day was released in the US under the intriguing title Salt to the Devil.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
120min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/18/2008
DVD Release Date:
06/17/2003
Director(s):
Edward Dmytryk
Starring:
Sam Wanamaker , Lea Padovani , Kathleen Ryan , Bonar Colleano , Charles Goldner
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Immigrant Life
Tone:
Bleak,Gritty,Poignant
Keywords:
Italy,accident,against-all-odds,bricklaying,death,employment,house,husband,immigrant,insurance,judgment,life-insurance,loot,poverty,ruin,safety,savings,survivor,unemployment,widow/widower,wife
Language:
English