A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano 1945 is a film directed by Henry King starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. The film was adapted from the novel of the same title by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945. In his review of the film for The New York Times, Bosley Crowther wrote, ... this easily vulnerable picture, which came to the Music Hall yesterday, is almost a perfect picturization of Mr. Herseys book.

The shorttempered American commander, General Marvin, fires Major Joppolo from his position when Joppolo disobeys an order to prohibit mule cart traffic in Adano, which has been disrupting Allied supply trucks, because the mule carts are vital to the survival of the town.The character of Joppolo was based on the real life experiences of Frank Toscani, who was military governor of the town of Licata, Sicily after the Allied invasion. ........

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