Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

Cast

Richard Beymer

as Nick Adams

Diane Baker

as Carolyn

Corinne Calvet

as Contessa

Fred Clark

as Mr. Turner

Dan Dailey

as Billy Campbell

James Dunn

as Telegrapher

Juano Hernández

as Bugs

Arthur Kennedy

as Dr. Henry Adams

Ricardo Montalban

as Major Padula

Paul Newman

as The Battler

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