Cinderella Liberty is a movie directed by Mark Rydell in 1973 and based on the book of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan, first published in 1973. The movie features James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Bruno Kirby, and others.
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Storyline
John Baggs Jr. is a US Navy sailor who falls in love with Maggie, an attractive woman hustling sailors at a pool table. John will becoming a surrogate father figure for Maggie’s bi-racial 10-year-old son Doug during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
Movie vs Book
Year
1973
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Cinderella Liberty
Director: Mark Rydell
Country: USA
Year: 1973
Length: 1h57m
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Year
1973
Pages
179
Book Rate
7.72
S: Goodreads
Book
Cinderella Liberty
Author: Darryl Ponicsan
Country: USA
First published in: 1973
Length: 179 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“When you adapt a 500-page book, you have to know that it won't fit into two hours. There are things that have to be left out and others that have to be told in a different way.”
MANEL LOUEIRO (Writer)
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