A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
Acting
Stanwyck's controlled devastation — she does more with a glance than most do with monologues.
Costume
Helen Rose designs that scream old money while whispering emotional imprisonment.
Cinematography
Glamorous MGM gloss making marital misery look weirdly aspirational.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Barbara Stanwyck
Jessie Bourne
James Mason
Brandon Bourne
Van Heflin
Mark Dwyer
Ava Gardner
Isabel Lorrison
Cyd Charisse
Rosa Senta
Nancy Reagan
Helen Lee
Gale Sondergaard
Nora Kernan
William Conrad
Lt. Jacobi
Raymond Greenleaf
Horace Elcott Howland
Douglas Kennedy
Alec Dawning
Beverly Michaels
Felice Backett
William Frawley
Bill the Bartender
Lisa Golm
Josephine
Tom Powers
Owen Lee
Dorothy Abbott
Model (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nancy Davis's final film before she became Mrs. Ronald Reagan and quit acting entirely.
LeRoy shot this during his contractually obligated MGM period while yearning to return to harder-edged Warners material — you can feel his restraint.
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