Some Came Running

Some Came Running (1958) starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Hyer. In 1948, David Hirsh (Sinatra) returns to his Midwestern home town after getting out of the Army. He's followed by a floozie (MacLaine) who's stuck on him, and he fancies himself falling in love with a local teacher (Hyer). Meanwhile, he's stirring up the town, gambling and drinking and getting in fights. This movie was apparently some kind of big deal in 1958, but it's only moderately diverting today. MacLaine surely deserved her Best Actress Oscar nomination, but for me the weak point of this movie is Sinatra. He's just too small and weasely to fill out his role, in my opinion. The film has adequate subtitles for the hearing impaired, but no closed captions. Grade: C