Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.

Date of release
1945-11-21
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Western
Director
Sam Wood

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Saratoga Trunk is a 1945 American historical romance film, directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Flora Robson. Written by Casey Robinson, based on the 1941 novel Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber, the film is set in New Orleans and the upstate New York resort of Saratoga Springs. It follows the relationship of two characters with no social position because their parents suffered injustice. They seek to settle scores while romantically involved with one another. He is a Texas gambler. She is the daughter of an affair between a Creole aristocrat and his mistress.

Production notes

Ethel Waters and Lena Horne were both considered for the role of Angelique, the Haitian maid. Instead of a woman of color, Warner Bros. Pictures cast British actress Flora Robson. Shot in 1943, the film was not released until 1945.

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