{"id":77347,"date":"2021-10-17T09:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77347"},"modified":"2021-10-17T12:25:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T19:25:38","slug":"some-came-running-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77347","title":{"rendered":"Some Came Running (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Bumming around can only help to make you a bum.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Cane-Running-Poster.png 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA veteran and aspiring writer (Frank Sinatra) returns to his hometown on a bus with a woman (Shirley MacLaine) he barely knows, and quickly causes consternation for his socially conscious brother (Arthur Kennedy) and sister-in-law (Leora Dana) &#8212; and his would-be love interest (Martha Hyer) &#8212; when he gets into brawls and befriends a hustling gambler (Dean Martin). Meanwhile he tries to mentor his naive niece (Betty Lou Keim), who is mortified to discover her father having an affair with his secretary (Nancy Gates).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur Kennedy Films<\/li>\n<li>Dean Martin Films<\/li>\n<li>Frank Sinatra Films<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<li>Shirley MacLaine Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>Vincente Minnelli Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nVincente Minnelli directed this adaptation of James Jones&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Some_Came_Running\">second published novel<\/a> &#8212; his follow-up to the enormous success of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=59483\"><em>From Here to Eternity<\/em> (1953)<\/a>. <em>Some Came Running<\/em> is notable for bringing together members of the Rat Pack (Sinatra and Martin and &#8216;mascot&#8217; MacLaine) for the first time:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-1024x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-1024x420.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-1536x630.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling-604x248.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gambling.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; for being directly referenced in Godard&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77281\"><em>Contempt<\/em> (1963)<\/a>, when Piccoli&#8217;s character mentions wanting to emulate Martin in not ever taking his signature hat off: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Martin.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and for earning radiant young MacLaine an Oscar nomination:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-1536x631.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2-604x248.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine2.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, MacLaine&#8217;s performance &#8212; along with William H. Daniels&#8217; beautiful Cinemascope cinematography &#8212; are the best aspects of this otherwise frustrating melodrama, shot through with sexism (Martin&#8217;s reprehensible &#8220;Bama&#8221; repeatedly refers to women, MacLaine in particular, as pigs) and trite dialogue (&#8220;We&#8217;ll have no more of that; I&#8217;m not one of your bar-room tarts!&#8221;). Sinatra&#8217;s world-weary character is sympathetic but underdeveloped: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-1024x426.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-1024x426.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-1536x639.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me-604x251.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Dave-Be-In-Love-With-Me.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and his choice of Hyer as a marriage mate makes little sense: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-1536x642.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Sinatra-Hyer.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYes, she&#8217;s beautiful and has intense interest in his writing &#8212; but doesn&#8217;t she otherwise represent everything he&#8217;s scornful of in his brother&#8217;s small-town life? <\/p>\n<p>Poor MacLaine gets the worst deal of all, playing what <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e1N3UGqfHuI\">the video reviewer for Trailers From Hell (screenwriter Sam Hamm) casually refers to as a &#8220;dimwitted mattress back&#8221; (ouch!)<\/a>. MacLaine infuses more life and interest into her character than everyone else combined, yet is treated reprehensibly throughout. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-1024x413.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-1024x413.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-1536x619.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig-604x243.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Even-She-Knows-Shes-a-Pig.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m not surprised that Godard and his male protagonists in <em>Contempt<\/em> &#8212; who likewise objectify the women in their lives as sex objects and workers &#8212; found connection with this film.) <\/p>\n<p>The other female characters in <em>Some Came Running<\/em> are similarly posited as merely background context for the men as they live their lives and\/or work out their neuroses (or not). Dana is a classic shrewish housewife who drips with condescension and entitlement, and casually &#8220;has a headache&#8221; the night Kennedy proposes some nookie (&#8220;What do you say we &#8212; go up&#8230; Sort of &#8212; relax?&#8221;) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Kennedy-Dana2.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no wonder he flies into the arms of his conveniently working-late-at-night secretary (Gates) (though why they are stupid enough to drive to a common make-out spot in town is truly beyond me).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-1536x641.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Gates-Kennedy.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hyer seems to simply be emulating Grace Kelly in her blonde ice princess act, and is given terrible dialogue to work with (&#8220;Oh, Dave, we&#8217;ve met exactly three times. What do I know about you? What do you know about me?&#8221;). We at least have some sympathy for poor Keim, who is justifiably mortified to learn about her father&#8217;s hypocrisy, and gets to flee to New York by the end. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-1536x641.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Heim.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shirley MacLaine as Ginnie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1827\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine.png 1827w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-1536x628.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-MacLaine-604x247.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1827px) 100vw, 1827px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1795\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography.png 1795w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Cinematography-604x258.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1795px) 100vw, 1795px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1849\" height=\"785\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light.png 1849w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Light-604x256.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1849px) 100vw, 1849px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1843\" height=\"763\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table.png 1843w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-1536x636.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Table-604x250.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1843px) 100vw, 1843px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-1024x419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-1536x629.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2-604x247.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Some-Came-Running-Ending2.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look for MacLaine&#8217;s performance and for the adulation it&#8217;s accumulated. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052218\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1959\/01\/23\/archives\/the-screen-james-jones-some-came-running-sinatra-dean-martin-star.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/some-came-running\/review\/2000278255\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1607\/some-came-running#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bumming around can only help to make you a bum.&#8221; Synopsis: A veteran and aspiring writer (Frank Sinatra) returns to his hometown on a bus with a woman (Shirley MacLaine) he barely knows, and quickly causes consternation for his socially conscious brother (Arthur Kennedy) and sister-in-law (Leora Dana) &#8212; and his would-be love interest (Martha Hyer) &#8212; when he gets into brawls and befriends a hustling gambler (Dean Martin). 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