Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
Acting
Tracy's wounded dignity vs. Turner's restless hunger.
Costume
Lana Turner's wardrobe screams 'trying too hard.'
Director
George Sidney
Spencer Tracy
Cass Timberlane
Lana Turner
Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Rose Hobart
Diantha Marl
Margaret Lindsay
Chris Grau
John Alexander
Dr. Roy Drover
Zachary Scott
Bradd Criley
Tom Drake
Jamie Wargate
Mary Astor
Queenie Havock
Albert Dekker
Boone Havock
John Litel
Webb Wargate
Mona Barrie
Avis Elderman
Josephine Hutchinson
Lillian Drover
Selena Royle
Louise Wargate
Frank Wilcox
Gregg Marl
Richard Gaines
Dennis Thane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Sinclair Lewis's novel, which was far more explicit about Jinny's sexual restlessness — the censors had a field day.
This was peak 'Lana Turner as dangerous blonde' casting, cementing her type after The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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