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* FakeNationality: Creator/MontgomeryClift, an American with Scots ancestry from Nebraska, plays an Italian academic with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent questionable accent]].

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Hollywood mogul David O. Selznick, who initiated the production as a vehicle for his wife Creator/JenniferJones, wanted a more traditional American-style love story and kept clashing Creator/VittorioDeSica and Creator/MontgomeryClift as a result. He ReCut and re-titled the film for its American release, shortening the runtime from 89 minutes to 72.
* FakeNationality: Creator/MontgomeryClift, an American with Scots ancestry from Nebraska, plays an Italian academic with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent questionable accent]].accent]].
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** Selznick's clashes with De Sica saw him hire and fire several writers (including Creator/TrumanCapote and [[Literature/TheConformist Alberto Moravia]]) and sending the director 50-page letters every day. De Sica wound up ignoring him, not necessarily because he wanted to, but because he didn't understand English.
** Grieving from her ex-husband Creator/RobertWalker's recent death, Creator/JenniferJones more-or-less mentally dropped out of the proceedings, exasperating the already-tense shoot.
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* FakeNationality: Creator/MontgomeryClift, an American with Scots ancestry from Nebraska, plays an Italian academic with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent questionable accent]].

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