From Here to Eternity
1953 film directed by Fred Zinnemann · Released 1953
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 American romantic war drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel by James Jones. It deals with the tribulations of three United States Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives. The supporting cast features Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves.
Cast ages at release (1953)
- Frank Sinatra, as Private Angelo Maggio: 37–38
- Ernest Borgnine, as Staff Sergeant James R. "Fatso" Judson: 35–36
- Deborah Kerr, as Karen Holmes: 31–32
- Burt Lancaster, as First Sergeant Milton Warden: 39–40
- Montgomery Clift, as Private Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt: 32–33
- Donna Reed, as Alma Burke / Lorene: 31–32
- Jack Warden, as Corporal Buckley: 32–33
- Philip Ober, as Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes: 50–51
- Mickey Shaughnessy, as Corporal Leva: 32–33
- George Reeves, as Sergeant Maylon Stark: 38–39
- Claude Akins, as Sergeant "Baldy" Dhom: 26–27
- Merle Travis, as Private Sal Anderson: 35–36
- Robert J. Wilke, as Sergeant Henderson: 38–39
- Harry Bellaver, as Private First Class Mazzioli: 47–48
- James Jones: 31–32
- Carleton Young, as Colonel Ayres: 47–48
- John Dennis, as Sergeant Ike Galovitch: 27–28
- Tim Ryan, as Sergeant Pete Karelsen: 53–54