Directed by:
Max OphülsCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, William Schallert, David Bair, Harry Harvey, Roy Roberts, Peter Brocco (more)Plots(1)
After discovering the dead body of Bea Harper's lover, Bea's mother Lucia hides the body under the assumption that it was her daughter who killed the man. Martin Donnelly comes to blackmail Lucia on behalf of his partner Nagel and falls in love with Lucia instead. Nagel wants the money and Donnelly kills Nagel to protect Lucia, and then kills himself to end the impossible relationship with the married Lucia. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Joan Bennett
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Geraldine Brooks
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Possessed (1947)
Cry Wolf (1947)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Shepperd Strudwick
USA
Best movies:
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Red Pony (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
David Bair
USA
Best movies:
The Reckless Moment (1949)
The Space Children (1958)
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Norman Leavitt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Showdown (1963)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
Joe Ploski
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Gail Bonney
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Ann Shoemaker
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Conflict (1945)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Jessie Arnold
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Dorothy Phillips
USA
Best movies:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Father of the Bride (1950)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Charles Jordan
UK
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Edge of the City (1957)
Harry Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)