Lavish but emotionally empty. Susan is always worth watching, Vera Miles is wonderfully malevolent but Gavin is a tree and hurts the picture fatally, if you want to see the story told correctly watch the Margaret Sullavan/Charles Boyer version but if you just want to luxuriate in...( read more)
Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey
Tale follows the long, unrequited romance between two people over the years as they can''t seem to ever get together the way they want to.
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November 10, 2008
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April 2, 2008
I wish I could give it 4 stars, because I love to watch it over and over. It is so cheesy, it is funny now. (Save the wishbone for me!) This was kind of a wimpy role for Susan. I like her better when she is fiesty. Love Vera Miles too. Her part should have been Susan's.
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