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Montgomery Clift gives a superbly tender performance in one of his last and most tortured roles, and Lee Remick is touching as his confidante.

In studying a slice of national socio-economic progress in terms of people, it catches something timeless and essential in the human spirit and shapes it in the American image.

The grim inevitability of the eviction gives the film a melancholy power.

One of [Kazan's] least theatrical and most affecting films.

This dramatic tug-of-war between progress and tradition remains a memorable example of director Kazan at his best.