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Overview

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Director:
Ida Lupino
Writers:
Larry Marcus (story) and
Lou Schor (story) ...
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Release Date:
3 December 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Wanted by two women!
Plot:
Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
very strange, but good, by gum! more

Cast

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Joan Fontaine ... Eve Graham
Ida Lupino ... Phyllis Martin
Edmund Gwenn ... Mr. Jordan

Edmond O'Brien ... Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
Kenneth Tobey ... Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
Jane Darwell ... Mrs. Connelley
Peggy Maley ... Phone Operator
Lillian Fontaine ... Miss Higgins, Landlady
Matt Dennis ... Himself, Singer
John Maxwell ... Judge
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:PG | UK:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16677, Adult Audience)
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Filmakers, The more

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This would be the last feature film directed by Ida Lupino for more than 12 years until The Trouble with Angels (1966). more
Quotes:
Mr. Jordan: I can't figure out my feelings towards you, I despise you, and I pity you. I don't even want to shake your hand, and yet I almost wish you luck. more
Movie Connections:
References Miracle on 34th Street (1947) more
Soundtrack:
It Wasn't The Stars That Thrilled Me more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
very strange, but good, by gum!, 24 February 2006
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Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This is one of the strangest films I have ever seen coming from Hollywood in the 1950s. It is a very engaging film about Edmond O'Brien and his double-life. He is married to Joan Fontaine and loves her, but there marriage is very distant--both emotionally and because O'Brien is on the road so much as a traveling salesman. Eventually, he is driven by loneliness to another woman in another town. Over and over, he vows to break it off but eventually this other woman becomes pregnant and he just can bring himself to either leave her or his wife! The movie is shown through flashbacks. And, despite the sensational plot, the movie is actually done very sedately and avoids sensationalism. Instead, it tries to portray O'Brien in a pretty sympathetic light--while not excusing his actions. And, by doing so, the movie really gets you thinking. An excellent job of acting by all, but the star of this picture is Ida Lupino who plays the second wife and so deftly directed this little film. It's well worth a watch.

PS--one very cute little inside joke was when O'Brien and Lupino were on a bus going past homes of the stars. Among the many stars' homes that were pointed out by the tour guide was that of Edmund Gwenn--who actually plays a major role in the film as an adoption agency investigator!

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