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Which actor did Zinnemann direct to an Oscar nomination in From Here to Eternity?

  • Montgomery Clift

  • Gary Cooper

  • Robert Shaw

  • Jason Robards

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Montgomery Clift was directed by Fred Zinnemann to an Oscar nomination in From Here to Eternity. Clift played Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a soldier in the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, in Hawaii in the days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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