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Die seltsame Liebe der Martha Ivers

Original title: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 1h 56m
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7.4/10
11K
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Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in Die seltsame Liebe der 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 believes 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 believes 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 believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.

  • Director
    • Lewis Milestone
  • Writers
    • Robert Rossen
    • John Patrick
    • Robert Riskin
  • Stars
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Van Heflin
    • Lizabeth Scott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis Milestone
    • Writers
      • Robert Rossen
      • John Patrick
      • Robert Riskin
    • Stars
      • Barbara Stanwyck
      • Van Heflin
      • Lizabeth Scott
    • 135User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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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)
    • Director
      • Lewis Milestone
    • Writers
      • Robert Rossen
      • John Patrick
      • 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 who 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 his 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 reviews135

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    Underrated Noir with an excellent cast.
    Knowing absolutely NOTHING about this movie (apart from it being the screen debut of Kirk Douglas) I thought it was going to be a potboiler, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. It veers between Noir and melodrama, and I gotta say I was hooked from the get go. I'm not the biggest Barbara Stanwyck fan in the world, but she was well cast as the ruthless matriarch of a small town, and Douglas really pulled off an unusual role for him (basically a drunken wimp). Van Heflin ('Shane') plays the "hero" and holds his own against those two, and I also really liked Lizabeth Scott, an actress I'm not familiar with, who plays Heflin's love interest (sorta). 'The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers' will please fans of 1940s Noir. It deserves to be better known than it is.
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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA(Southern Pacific Railroad yard)
    • Production company
      • Hal Wallis Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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