Where Love Has Gone (1964)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

John Michael Hayes (writer)
Harold Robbins (novel)

Release Date:

2 November 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

From the blistering best-seller! From the team that brought you 'The Carpetbaggers'! The explosive story of the violent world where a mother and her teenage daughter compete for the same lover...WHERE LOVE HAS GONE goes where no motion picture has ever dared go before!

Plot:

A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Trial | Teenage Daughter | Marriage | Ex Wife

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Susan Hayward	...	Valerie Hayden Miller
Bette Davis	...	Mrs. Gerald Hayden
Mike Connors	...	Major Luke Miller (as Michael Connors)
Joey Heatherton	...	Danielle Valerie Miller
Jane Greer	...	Marian Spicer
DeForest Kelley	...	Sam Corwin
George Macready	...	Gordon Harris
Anne Seymour	...	Dr. Sally Jennings
Willis Bouchey	...	Judge Murphy
Walter Reed	...	George Babson
Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Geraghty
Bartlett Robinson	...	Mr. John Coleman
Whit Bissell	...	Professor Bell
Anthony Caruso	...	Rafael

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:17 (censored version)

Company:

Joseph E. Levine Productions

Trivia:

Patty Duke, 'Deborah Walley (I)' and 'Laurel Goodwin' were all mentioned for the role of the daughter, ultimately played by Joey Heatherton.

Quotes:

Mrs. Gerald Hayden: Somewhere along the line the world has lost all its standards and all its tastes!

Soundtrack:

WHERE LOVE HAS GONE

Where Did Love Go? ***1/2

Danny has some very serious emotional hangups. Seems that she plunged a knife into her mom's boyfriend. Was it to save her mother? Was it out of a jealous rage?

With a film starring Bette Davis and Susan Hayward, you know that the fireworks are there and they sure are. Nevertheless, they are well matched by a terrific performance by Joey Heatherton as the disturbed teenager. What happened to Heatherton after this film? She was a fine dramatic actress with great potential.

Davis is her usual overbearing mother and has created lots of turmoil for the seriously emotionally unstable Hayward. Both are like sticks of dynamite in the scenes that they appear opposite each other. (In her autobiography Davis lashed out at Hayward stating that she said her lines and would immediately leave the set at the end of the scene.)

In a strong supporting performance, Anne Seymour plays the psychiatrist who tries to help the young Danny. Remember Seymour? Usually a grade-B actress, she gave a fine supporting performance as Broderick Crawford's faithful but neglected wife, Lucy, in the 1949 Oscar winner "All the King's Men."

An emotionally charged film that brings out all the stops. Mike Connors costars as Hayward's ex. An ultimate crowd pleaser due to the fine acting of Davis and Hayward. A downer at the end but still worthwhile seeing.