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The reckless moment / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screen play by Henry Garson, Robert W. Soderberg ; adaptation by Mel Dinelli, Robert E. Kent ; produced by Walter Wanger ; directed by Max Opuls.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 012 146
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Max Ophuls collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1889-1955--Film adaptations.
- Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay.
- Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1889-1955.
- Middle class families--United States--Drama.
- Middle class families.
- Middle class women--Drama.
- Middle class women.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Manslaughter.
- Family secrets.
- United States.
- Family secrets--Drama.
- Manslaughter--Drama.
- Extortion--Drama.
- Extortion.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film noir.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : Second Sight Films Ltd., [2006]
- System Details:
- DVD PAL; Dolby digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- With her husband out of town, Lucia Harper has her hands full keeping her household in order. Her headstrong daughter, Bea, has taken up with a louse named Ted Darby and persists in meeting him despite her mother's warnings. During one tryst, Bea and Darby quarrel violently. Bea accidentally kills Darby and runs away. To protect her family, Lucia disposes of the body. Because of this rash act, she faces not only a murder investigation, but two ruthless blackmailers, Donnelly and Nagle. Fortunately for the Harper family, Donnelly has a change of heart and becomes their savior.
- Participant:
- Joan Bennett, James Mason, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, David Bair, Ray Roberts..
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical score, Hans Salter.
- Notes:
- "Based on the Ladies Home Journal story, The blank wall, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding."
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
- Special features include: Introduction by Todd Haynes ; Commentary by Lutz Bacher ; Production stills gallery.
- OCLC:
- 74811609
- Publisher Number:
- 5028836031055
- 2NDVD 3105 Second Sight Films Ltd.
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