I'll Give My Life
1960 film by William F. Claxton
- 3 February 1960 (1960-02-03)
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I'll Give My Life is a 1960 American film directed by William F. Claxton. The film is also known as The Unfinished Task in the United States.
Plot
John Bradford expects his son Jim to join his engineering firm, but Jim instead joins the ministry, attending a seminary for four years before being assigned to New Guinea.
John's secretary is Jim's sweetheart Alice, who is left behind for years before Jim proposes marriage. She goes to New Guinea, where they wed and become the parents of two children. All is well until Jim contracts a life-threatening disease. John flies to New Guinea to be with his son at the end of his life, then tries to understand its meaning and purpose through the journals Jim leaves behind.
Cast
- Ray Collins as John Bradford
- John Bryant as James W. Bradford
- Angie Dickinson as Alice Greenway Bradford
- Katherine Warren as Dora Bradford
- Donald Woods as Pastor Goodwin
- Jon Shepodd as Bob Conners
- Stuart Randall as Rex Barton
- Richard Benedict as Cpl. Burr
- Sam Flint as Roy Calhoun
- Ivan Triesault as Dr. Neuman
- Jimmy Baird as Jimmy Bradford
- Mimi Gibson as Jodie Bradford
- Milton Woods as Kopa, Medical Orderly
- Virginia Wave as Miss Lane
- Vera Frances as Tem Lane, Secretary
External links
- I'll Give My Life at IMDb
- Unfinished Task is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by William F. Claxton
- Half Past Midnight (1948)
- Tucson (1949)
- Fangs of the Wild (1954)
- Stagecoach to Fury (1956)
- The Quiet Gun (1957)
- Young and Dangerous (1957)
- God Is My Partner (1957)
- Rockabilly Baby (1957)
- Desire in the Dust (1960)
- I'll Give My Life (1960)
- Young Jesse James (1960)
- Law of the Lawless (1964)
- Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
- Night of the Lepus (1972)
- The Canterville Ghost (1985)
- Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988)
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