Synopsis
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Movie Information
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Writers
- Henry Garson, Robert Soderberg
- Release Year
- 1949
- Runtime
- 82 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (140 votes)
Top Cast
James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
David Bair
David Harper
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
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