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The Reckless Moment
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
1949 · Directed by Max Ophüls · 82 min · Drama · Thriller · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
It could happen to so many married women!
Crew
- Screenplay: Henry Garson, Robert Soderberg
- Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
- Edited by: Gene Havlick
- Music: Hans J. Salter
- Produced by: Walter Wanger
Cast
- James Mason as Martin Donnelly
- Joan Bennett as Lucia Harper
- Geraldine Brooks as Bea Harper
- Henry O'Neill as Tom Harper
- Shepperd Strudwick as Ted Darby
- David Bair as David Harper
- Roy Roberts as Nagel
- Jessie Arnold as Old Lady (uncredited)
- Al Bain as Man (uncredited)
- Jack Baker as Man (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Walter Wanger Productions
- Themes: parent child relationship, femme fatale, film noir, ironic
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