The wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extra-marital affair, with his permission.
Acting
Louise Fletcher brings Nurse Ratched energy to a desperate housewife.
Direction
Delbert Mann elevates TV movie material with genuine moral unease.
Director
Delbert Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of NBC's 'Shirley Temple's Storybook' anthology series, which somehow pivoted from children's fare to adult moral dilemmas.
The title references the Seventh Commandment, but the real sin here might be emotional dishonesty—this 1978 film accidentally predicts conversations about polyamory and compersion that wouldn't enter mainstream discourse for decades.
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