Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman, when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends me...( read more  read more... )et. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.

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Unrated, 124 min.

Directed by: Delbert Mann

Release Date: September 22, 1960

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  • October 6, 2009
    Such an important underrated film... exceptional performances all around, profound and riveting... and it hasn't lost it's edge with time
  • July 24, 2008
    nominated for best picture by NBR

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