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Harvey Gates (screenplay)
Sidney Sutherland (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 August 1945 (USA) more
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LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT...she steals men's hearts!
Plot:
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Kay Francis ... Diane Carter
Bruce Cabot ... Bob Phillips
Helen Mack ... Martha Phillips
Jerome Cowan ... Jim Driscoll
Craig Reynolds ... Bill Endicott
Ruth Lee ... Liz Smith
Jean Fenwick ... June Endicott
Mary Gordon ... Ellen
Larry Olsen ... Michael Phillips
Johnny Calkins ... Robby Phillips
Jonathan Hale ... Judge Conlon
Addison Richards ... Plummer
Leonard Mudie ... Harvey Hicks
Reid Kilpatrick ... Dr. Andy Cole
Virginia Wave ... Secretary
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71 min
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Not That Bad, 5 September 2008
7/10
Author: guint-1 from United States

This is not a "bad" movie on divorce it makes it's point- the kids are the real loosers in the process. Overall the movie is well written in the 30's, 40's & 50's style of tying things together for the sake of the work rather than attempting to show "realism". An early shot of Bob Phillips (Bruce Cabot)performing a "Court Marshall" for home discipline comes back to haunt him in his final scene as his two boys act as the judge & jury. I have no problem with Kay Francis in her role as the worldly woman stealing away a restless husband returning from WWII. This was a common theme following the war because it was a common problem (& again to point out it's timeliness- it is still a problem). But for pure acting the one to watch was Helen Mack as Martha Phillips. Her dialog delivery and timing are a delight to watch even when the writing does not quite live up to the best of the "golden age" of movie making.

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