A Rage to Live (1965)
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60% of users liked it
(31 ratings)
This soapy melodrama based on the novel by John O'Hara earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Suzanne Pleshette stars as Grace Caldwell, a newspaper heiress and nymphomaniac whose numerous dalliances threaten to destroy her wealthy Pennsylvania family's image. Taken on a… More This soapy melodrama based on the novel by John O'Hara earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Suzanne Pleshette stars as Grace Caldwell, a newspaper heiress and nymphomaniac whose numerous dalliances threaten to destroy her wealthy Pennsylvania family's image. Taken on a vacation to the Bahamas by her widowed mother Emily (Carmen Mathews), Grace can't resist a tryst with a waiter, which causes Emily a fatal heart attack. Back home, Grace meets a new beau, Sidney Tate (Bradford Dillman) at a Christmas party. The gentlemanly Sidney wins Grace's heart and she marries him, promising to end her sexually wild ways. A few years later, however, Grace sleeps with a construction worker and the resulting scandal when her lover dies in a drunken car wreck leads Sidney to believe that Grace is also having an affair with an old friend, Jack Hollister (Peter Graves). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Grauman
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 20, 1965 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This trashy melodrama, based on John O'Hara novel, who also provided the story for Butterfield 8, is poorly executed and mostly known for its Oscar nomination.
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Cast
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Suzanne Pleshette
as Grace Caldwell
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Bradford Dillman
as Sidney Tale
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Ben Gazzara
as Roger Bannon
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Peter Graves
as Jack Hollister
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Bethel Leslie
as Amy Hollister
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James Gregory
as Dr. O'Brien
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Carmen Mathews
as Emily Caldwell
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Ruth White
as Mrs. Bannon
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Sarah Marshall
as Connie Schoffstall
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Virginia Christine
as Emma
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Linden Chiles
as Brock Caldwell
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Mark Goddard
as Charlie Jay
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George Furth
as Paul Reichelderfer
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Brett Somers
as Jessie Jay
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Frank Maxwell
as George Jay
