Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she's run out of chances returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
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| Jean Simmons | ... | Hilda Crane Burns | |
| Guy Madison | ... | Russell Burns | |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... | Prof. Jacques De Lisle | |
| Judith Evelyn | ... | Mrs. Stella Crane | |
| Evelyn Varden | ... | Mrs. Burns | |
| Peggy Knudsen | ... | Nell Bromley | |
| Gregg Palmer | ... | Dink Bromley | |
| Richard Garrick | ... | Dr. Joe Francis | |
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Jim Hayward | ... | Mr. Small |
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Sandee Marriott | ... | Cab Driver |
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Don Shelton | ... | Mr. Jensen - Caterer |
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Helen Mayon | ... | Maureen - Hilda's Maid |
| Marie Blake | ... | Clara - Mrs. Crane's Housekeeper (as Blossom Rock) | |
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Jay Jostyn | ... | Minister |
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Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she's run out of chances returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
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8 May 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Adiantropi amartoli See more »Filming Locations:
University of Nevada-Reno - 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, USA See more »Company Credits
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Woman in her late-twenties, twice married and twice divorced, leaves behind New York City for her small hometown, moving back in with her eternally-disappointed mother; immediately upon her arrival, she starts getting marriage proposals...unfortunately, the man she chooses to be Husband No. #3 is a mamma's boy. Glossy, fairly enjoyable soaper from the play by Samson Raphaelson, although we never quite get a grip on Jean Simmons' Hilda Crane, who is alternately haughty, overwrought, idealistic yet aloof (she wants her happily-ever-after, though she needs to be supported financially as well). Hilda's taste in men seems to be her biggest hurdle--perhaps in place of the tall, thin, men's catalogue type, she should try for one of the construction workers over at her fiancé's job site? These assembly-line Twentieth Century-Fox potboilers never seemed to work out that way, making "Hilda Crane" another predictable 'woman's picture' from the '50s, occasionally engaging but nothing special or memorable. **1/2 from ****