Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin

Brandon and Jessie Bourne has been married to each other for many years. A few years ago, Brandon had an extra-martial affair with Isabel Lorrison. Now she has come back to New York intending to start...( read more  read more... ) over with the relationship once again. Meanwhile, Jessie is attracted to Mark Dwyer, just arrived from a secret mission in Italy

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Unrated, 108 min

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date: December 22, 1949

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DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007

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  • March 3, 2008
    A great cast isn't given much to do in this generally droll melodrama that gets slightly noirish. Barbara Stanwyck and James Mason are surprisingly unmemorable, but and early performance by Ava Gardner stands out (as if a young Ava Gardner couldn't stand out) for the few scenes s...( read more)he has but East Side, West Side. Otherwise this movie is just dated and for the most part forgettable.
  • October 26, 2007
    This one really took me by surprise; it's well worth the watch. Barbara Stanwyck is superb here as the long-suffering wife of James Mason, the playboy who claims to love her, but cannot seem to stop chasing other women -- especially Ava Gardner. This might be Stanwyck's best ac...( read more)ting job I've seen so far. It's very understated. You feel sorry for her, but she never overplays the victim role. She is too strong to do that, by far.

    The biggest surprise for me, however, is Van Heflin. If this were a performance battle between him and James Mason, Heflin would clearly be the winner. Too bad he didn't have a greater career. The man can really deliver lines.

    As a side note, Cyd Charisse does not dance in this one. Still, she is wonderful. A very fine actress on top of her dancing prowess.

  • February 14, 2009
    You feel her vibrant passion
  • December 15, 2008
    no thanks not my thing

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