The Story of a Three-Day Pass(Movie, 1967)

Name: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1967
Duration: T01:27:00
Rating: 3

Original title: "La permission" (French/FR)

1h 27min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

The Story of a Three-Day Pass (French title: La Permission) is a 1967 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles, based on his French-language novel La Permission. It stars Harry Baird as a black American soldier who is demoted for fraternizing with a white shop clerk (Nicole Berger) in France. Along with writing and directing the film, Van Peebles collaborated on its score with Mickey Baker and sings one of the two songs written for the film, "When My Number Gonna Hit". The other song, "Hard Times", is a duet; one of the singers is Mickey Baker. The film premiered in 1967 at the San Francisco International Film Festival. In 2020, the film was one of the selections of the Cannes Classics section at the Cannes Film Festival. ()

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About The Story of a Three-Day Pass

Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France, is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?

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THE STORY OF A THREE DAY PASS Trailer(Trailer, 2:08)

Additional Information

Production country: France

Made by: O.P.E.R.A.

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 07/08/1968

Cast: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin, Dany Jacquet, Pierre Doris

Director: Melvin Van Peebles

Screenwriter: Melvin Van Peebles

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La Permission"

"La permisión"

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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