Frank Sinatra as Dave Hirsh

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Frank Sinatra as Dave Hirsh is the acclaimed performance in which Sinatra plays a disillusioned Army veteran and writer returning to his small hometown in the 1958 drama film "Some Came Running."

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instanceOf acting performance
film role
appearsInFilm Some Came Running NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme alienation
redemption
returning home
small-town hypocrisy
basedOn Some Came Running (novel) NERFINISHED
characterArc confronts past and personal failures
characterBackground disillusioned Army veteran
characterMilitaryStatus Army veteran
characterName Dave Hirsh NERFINISHED
characterOccupation writer
characterRelationship estranged brother of Frank Hirsh
characterReturnsTo small hometown
characterTrait disillusioned
coStarsWith Dean Martin NERFINISHED
Martha Hyer NERFINISHED
Shirley MacLaine NERFINISHED
countryOfFilmProduction United States NERFINISHED
criticalDiscussion often cited as one of Sinatra’s strongest screen performances
filmDirector Vincente Minnelli NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
filmGenre drama film
filmLanguage English
filmReleaseYear 1958
medium feature film
notableFor portrayal of postwar disillusionment
notableSceneType intense dramatic confrontations
novelAuthor James Jones NERFINISHED
partOfCareerPhase Sinatra’s late-1950s dramatic roles
performanceReception critically acclaimed
portrayedBy Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
setIn fictional town of Parkman, Indiana
studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
timePeriodSetting post-World War II era

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Some Came Running portraysCharacter Frank Sinatra as Dave Hirsh