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21/11/1947 Drama, Thriller, Romance 1h 29m
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Overview

In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece, Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.

  1. Martin Gabel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Cummings

    Lewis Venable

  2. Susan Hayward

    Tina Bordereau

  3. Agnes Moorehead

    Juliana Borderau

  4. Joan Lorring

    Amelia

  5. Eduardo Ciannelli

    Father Rinaldo

  6. John Archer

    Charles Russell

  7. Frank Puglia

    Pietro

  8. Minerva Urecal

    Maria

  9. William Edmunds

    Vittorio

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2017-01-29
Dead among the living and living among the dead.

The Lost Moment is directed by Martin Gabel and adapted by Leonardo Bercovici from the Henry James novel, The Aspern Papers. It stars Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and Eduardo Ciannelli. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Hal Mohr.

Lewis Venable (Cummings) is a publisher who travels to Venice in search of love letters written by poet Jeffrey Ashton. Insinuating himself into the home of the poets lover and recipient of the letters, Juliana Bordereau (Moorehead), Venable finds himself transfixed by the s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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