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4.4/10   66 votes
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Writers:
William Inge (novel)
Polly Platt (writer)
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Release Date:
April 1979 (USA) more
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Plot:
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and an young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions. | add synopsis
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Good acting but too familiar more (3 total)

Cast

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Anne Heywood ... Evelyn Wyckoff

Donald Pleasence ... Dr. Steiner

Robert Vaughn ... Dr. Neal
Earl Holliman ... Ed Eckles

Carolyn Jones ... Beth
Ronee Blakley ... Betsy
Dorothy Malone ... Mildred

Doris Roberts ... Marie

John Lafayette ... Rafe Collins
Jocelyn Brando ... Mrs. Hemmings
R.G. Armstrong ... Mr. Hemmings
Dana Elcar ... Havermeyer

J. Patrick McNamara ... Chest Rollins
Gary Prendergast ... Marlon
Rip Clark ... Henry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Secret Yearnings
The Shaming
The Sin
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Runtime:
UK:90 min | USA:105 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Final film appearance of Carolyn Jones. more
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References A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Good acting but too familiar, 20 October 2003
5/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

A 40ish, repressed school teacher is raped by a young, black janitor in the 1950s. It truly disturbs her, but she realizes she enjoyed it and begins a secret sexual relationship with him. But how long will this remain a secret?

Very well acted by everybody...but why was this done? The story has been done many times before and this adds nothing new. As I said, the acting keeps you watching but it adds up to very little.

Try to avoid the cable TV version--all the male nudity (there isn't much) is cut out and a crucial sex scene is badly edited. Try to see it on video.

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