Top billed cast

1. 

   Barbara Stanwyck

   Martha Ivers

2. 

   Van Heflin

   Sam Masterson

3. 

   Lizabeth Scott

   Antonia 'Toni' Marachek

4. 

   Kirk Douglas

   Walter O'Neil

5. 

   Judith Anderson

   Mrs. Ivers

6. 

   Roman Bohnen

   Mr. O'Neil

7. 

   Darryl Hickman

   Young Sam

8. 

   Janis Wilson

   Young Martha

9. 

   Ann Doran

   Bobbi St. John

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07

Barbara Stanwyck aways could draw people into her characterisations and end up engendering support and sympathy - however deserving her character was. She excels again here as "Martha Ivers"; a wealthy women trapped in a pretty loveless marriage with débutant Kirk Douglas - a rather pathetic man who has a career built on the coat tails of his powerful wife. When their childhood friend "Sam" (Van Heflin) reappears in their lives they are all reminded of the incident from their childhood that explained just how she came into all of of her money - and arrived at her choice of husband - in the fi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$3,250,000.00

Keywords

• husband wife relationship
• childhood trauma
• family secrets
• film noir
• black and white
• alcoholic
• district attorney
• based on short story
• childhood friends
• female tycoon