Some Came Running (1958) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Mostly mild references and insinuations that unmarried adults have sexual relationships in the postwar era. A few tense or argumentative moments that are sexualized.

Violence & Gore

Profanity

  • Uses of damn, and words like tramp but not much.
  • A few uses of "damn"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Adults consume cocktails and hard liquor as well as smoke tobacco in a period-accurate social environment. Cigarettes are vended at restaurants and lounges.
  • Discussion of alcoholism and treatment in a medical context.
  • Two men argue about whether one of them drinks too much.
  • An armed man is shown very drunk in public.
  • Frequent mention of professional gambling.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man pressures a woman to "park" with him while they are alone together in a car. She rejects his advances, and he sulks in the passenger seat. The scene is a little tense.
  • A tense moment between a young girl and her date while they are alone together at night, parked in his car.
  • Adult problems. Likely not of interest to kids.

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Violence & Gore

  • An abusive man stalks a woman to another city, follows her around, and is verbally and physically aggressive with her as well as with men who pay attention to her. Threats are made. Their history is unclear, however she describes obsessive behavior and states she has no interest in him. Later, there is a fight in a street between the stalker and the woman's date. Punches are thrown, glass bottles are broken for weaponry, police arrive and make arrests.
  • Shots fired. A woman is murdered by her stalker in a drunken, jealous rage.

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