Titanic

"TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!"

1953 1h 38m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 160

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

“TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!”

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Cast

Clifton Webb
Richard Ward Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck
Julia Sturges
Robert Wagner
Gifford "Giff" Rogers
Audrey Dalton
Annette Sturges
Thelma Ritter
Maude Young
Brian Aherne
Capt. Edward John Smith
Richard Basehart
George S. Headley
Allyn Joslyn
Earl Meeker

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean Negulesco
Writers: Richard L. Breen, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Basque
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, Basque.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jean Negulesco, shot by Joseph MacDonald. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sol Kaplan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Louis R. Loeffler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Wagner carry the top of the cast.

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CAST

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Marketing tagline: "TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jean Negulesco directs. Joseph MacDonald behind the camera. Sol Kaplan scores. Louis R. Loeffler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French, Spanish, Basque.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
273 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, Basque.
4Directed by Jean Negulesco, shot by Joseph MacDonald. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Sol Kaplan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Louis R. Loeffler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Wagner carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!".
9IMDB entry: tt0046435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.