A Rage to Live

A Rage to Live (1965)

The story of Grace Caldwell Tate really began in the back seat of a car... ...and went from man...to man...to man...

Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.

Date of release
1965-10-20
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Walter Grauman

Casting

Interesting facts

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A Rage to Live is a 1965 American drama film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Suzanne Pleshette as a woman whose passions wreak havoc on her life. The screenplay by John T. Kelley is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by John O'Hara.

Production

Film rights were bought by the Mirisch Corporation in 1959; the Mirisches had a deal with United Artists. The sale was on similar terms to O'Hara's From the Terrace – instead of selling the book for a flat price of $500,000 they had a five-year lease to make the film, with a down payment of $100,000 and O'Hara got 25% of the profits.

The novel was one of a series of properties the Mirisches bought around this time, others including Hawaii, West Side Story and Two for the Seesaw.

In July 1963 John T. Kelley was reported as working on the script.

By May 1964 Lewis J. Rachmill was assigned to produce, Walter Graumann was the director and Suzanne Pleshette had been cast in the lead. Graumann had just made 633 Squadron for the Mirisches. Ben Gazzara was given a male lead; it was his first film since finishing Arrest and Trial. Bradford Dillman played the other male lead.

Grauman later signed to do three more films with the Mirisches.

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