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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

  • 19461946
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 56m
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7.4/10
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Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
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A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
10K
YOUR RATING
    • Lewis Milestone
    • Robert Rossen(screenplay)
    • John Patrick(from an original story by)
    • Robert Riskin(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Van Heflin
    • Lizabeth Scott
    • Lewis Milestone
    • Robert Rossen(screenplay)
    • John Patrick(from an original story by)
    • Robert Riskin(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Van Heflin
    • Lizabeth Scott
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 126User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Kirk Douglas and Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Kirk Douglas in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    Kirk Douglas and Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
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    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Martha Ivers
    Van Heflin
    Van Heflin
    • Sam Masterson
    Lizabeth Scott
    Lizabeth Scott
    • Toni Marachek
    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • Walter O'Neil
    Judith Anderson
    Judith Anderson
    • Mrs. Ivers
    Roman Bohnen
    Roman Bohnen
    • Mr. O'Neil
    Darryl Hickman
    Darryl Hickman
    • Sam - As a Child
    Janis Wilson
    Janis Wilson
    • Martha - As a Child
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Bobbi St. John
    Frank Orth
    Frank Orth
    • Hotel Clerk
    James Flavin
    James Flavin
    • Detective #1
    Mickey Kuhn
    Mickey Kuhn
    • Walter - As a Child
    Charles D. Brown
    • McCarthy
    Gene Ashley
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Dempsey
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Burt
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Nightclub Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Catherine Craig
    Catherine Craig
    • French Maid
    • (uncredited)
      • Lewis Milestone
      • Robert Rossen(screenplay)
      • John Patrick(from an original story by)
      • Robert Riskin(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Kirk Douglas earned this, his debut role, with the help of his old drama school friend, Lauren Bacall. Bacall knew that producer Hal B. Wallis was looking for fresh talent and she suggested Douglas to him. She encouraged Wallis to watch a play featuring Douglas. When he did, Wallis was so impressed by the performance that he cast Douglas in this film.
    • Goofs
      Before taking the shower in the hotel, while slipping her coat of, Toni winks up in the air with her left eye and shows a little smirk apparently to someone from the film crew.
    • Quotes

      Sailor: [after Sam has crashed his car] What happened?

      Sam Masterson: The road curved, but I didn't.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: IVERSTOWN 1928.
    • Connections
      Featured in Paramount Presents (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Strange Love
      (uncredited)

      Music by Miklós Rózsa

      Lyrics by Edward Heyman

    User reviews126

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    7/10
    Film noir soap-opera
    A very good feature that seems to be a soap-opera with touches of film-noir. Barbara Stanwyck plays the femme fatale not as cold-blooded as her earlier turn in "Double Indemnity" ,but her "Martha Ivers" is one really selfish lady. And Stanwyck is as usual very good. For me the best performance comes from the always reliable Van Heflin who magnificently manages to almost carry the whole film. Kirk Douglas, in his debut, is very good as the weakling husband of Stanwyck. Lizabeth Scott who plays the most sympathetic character in the movie is very able and memorable.The movie is at almost two hours perhaps a tad long,but it is well worth investing those two hours.
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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1946 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Wallis Productions
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
      • Black and White

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