Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) is married to an elderly, cold-hearted, bedridden shipping magnate. She's having an affair with his physician Dr. David Rivera (Anthony Quinn). She convinces him to kill her husband. Sheila's other suitor Howard Mason (Richard Basehart) has his suspicions. Her stepdaughter Cathy Cabot (Sandra Dee) has boyfriend Blake Richards (John Saxon) who is trying to rebuild his family's failed shipping business. Cobb (Ray Walston) is the devious family driver and degenerate gambler. Tawny (Anna May Wong) is the ever-present housemaid.
This is an old fashion melodrama. It's pulpy. There is some over-acting especially in the old style romancing. There is so much plot that it's enough for a good quarter season of a night-time soap opera. I'm more interested in seeing some of these actors including the final film performance of Anna May Wong. I'm hard-pressed to declare this a good film but there is some fun in its melodrama.
This is an old fashion melodrama. It's pulpy. There is some over-acting especially in the old style romancing. There is so much plot that it's enough for a good quarter season of a night-time soap opera. I'm more interested in seeing some of these actors including the final film performance of Anna May Wong. I'm hard-pressed to declare this a good film but there is some fun in its melodrama.