Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Troy Donahue | ... | Parrish McLean | |
| Claudette Colbert | ... | Ellen McLean | |
| Karl Malden | ... | Judd Raike | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Sala Post | |
| Connie Stevens | ... | Lucy | |
| Diane McBain | ... | Alison Post | |
| Sharon Hugueny | ... | Paige Raike | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Teet Howie | |
| Hampton Fancher | ... | Edgar Raike | |
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David Knapp | ... | Wiley Raike |
| Saundra Edwards | ... | Evaline Raike | |
| Sylvia Miles | ... | Eileen | |
| Bibi Osterwald | ... | Rosie | |
| Madeleine Sherwood | ... | Addie | |
| Hayden Rorke | ... | Tom Weldon | |
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Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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4 May 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lucy: [to Parrish] Don't mind grandma, she's nuts about sin and all that.
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Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
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Parrish's red and white company car is a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner. See more »Goofs
The submarine shown in stock footage was not the USS Nautilus (SSN-571). It was the USS Skate (SSN-578). The Skate was the second sub to reach the North Pole after the Nautilus accomplished this historic feat the previous week. The Nautilus is seen at the sub base, where as of 2018 she remains as part of the Submarine Force Library and Museum, being the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. See more »Quotes
Gramma: You'll go to hell, Lucy. Mark my words. Right to the fiery place!Lucy: [to Parrish] Don't mind grandma, she's nuts about sin and all that.
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Secret LoveWritten by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
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The story was quite a mish-mash and I remember being quite upset that the lovely Miss Colbert had come out of retirement to play a role that reinforced the old cliche that "It's a man's world and you women better kowtow or else!" I wanted her to give that greedy old brute, mercilessly enacted by Karl Malden, and his bullying sons some kind of a comeuppance, which certainly shouldn't have been beyond the screenwriters, whose contrivances were about as convoluted as one could get away with before the revolutions in social mores, just a few years away when this was filmed, overwhelmed us.
But it's a guilty pleasure nevertheless. Delmer Daves really knew how to maneuver the elements to give audiences back then a good measure of mindless satisfaction. It's worth a not-too-demanding look-see.