US Release date: 26 April 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 2 December 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 120 minutes
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas & Cornell Borchers
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza Theatre for two weeks from 10 November 1950 as a feature only presentation
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 252 | 86 |
| EF PPE | 4.58 | 114 |
| Metres Travelled | 585,926 | 14 |
| Average MT | 10,653 | 120 |
| Engagements | 55 | 25 |
| Slots | 58 | 111 |
| Weeks | 3 | 214 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 5.45% | 262 |
| Saturdays | 23 | 96 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 41.82% | 153 |
| Tuesdays | 29 | 27 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 52.73% | 86 |
| First billed | 55 | 18 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 52 |
| Ratio | 94.55% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.19% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 3 |
| Ratio | 5.45% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.06% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 36 |
| Ratio | 65.45% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.33% |
| Independent eng | 7 |
| Ratio | 12.73% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.23% |
| Suburban eng | 12 |
| Ratio | 21.82% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.90% |
Notes: Well-meaning Fox drama had okay numbers as it topped the bill on most suburban occasions, but scored few weeks and spent more time in the Tuesday slot than the Saturday. Still, it settled well into the EF top 100. Flaming Fury kept it suburban company.
The Big Lift engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 2/12/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | Wild Horse Mesa |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | The Caballeros |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 9/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Thunder Mountain |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 4 | W | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Wild Horse Mesa |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 6 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 6/01/1951 | 6 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 6 | T | 1 | Prison Warden |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 6 | T | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 13/01/1950 | 7 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 13/01/1950 | 7 | S | 1 | Flaming Fury |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 20/01/1951 | 8 | T | 1 | The Woman on Pier 13 |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 8 | T | 1 | Barbary Pirate |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 20/01/1951 | 8 | W | 1 | The Threat |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 3/03/1951 | 14 | T | 1 | Marry Me |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 10/03/1951 | 15 | T | 1 | Murder at the Windmill |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 12/05/1951 | 24 | S | 1 | Find the Blackmailer |
The 1950 Project 