A woman trying to live her own life-A man who wouldn't let her-A wife living without love, fighting them both with the bitter weapons of a desperate heart!
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
- 7.0
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 34m
Cary Grant
Alec Walker
Carole Lombard
Julie Eden
Kay Francis
Maida Walker
Charles Coburn
Richard Walker
Helen Vinson
Suzanne
Katharine Alexander
Laura
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Gateson
Nella Walker
Mrs. Walker
Alan Baxter
Charley
Maurice Moscovitch
Dr. Muller
Peggy Ann Garner
Ellen
Spencer Charters
Gardener
James Adamson
Black Waiter on Train (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Farmer on Truck (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Manager of Tony's Cafe (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Paul Graham (uncredited)Jack Chapin
Bellhop #1 (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Archie Duross (uncredited)
John Dilson
Head Train Steward (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)Edward Fliegle
Night Clerk (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Owen the Clerk (uncredited)Gus Glassmire
Yawning Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Train Waiter (uncredited)Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)Harold Hoff
Bellhop Bringing Bottle (uncredited)John Laing
John the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Nurse at Desk (uncredited)Harriet Matthews
Boat Passenger (uncredited)Tony Merlo
Waiter at Tony's (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Bartender (uncredited)Bert Moorhouse
College Man Asking About Game (uncredited)Clive Morgan
Party Guest (uncredited)Sandra Morgan
Boat Passenger (uncredited)George Rosener
Dr. Hastings at Hotel (uncredited)
Robert Strange
Hotel Manager / Amorous House Detective (uncredited)Kathryn Wilson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Party Guest (uncredited)Allen Wood
Joe the Bellhop (uncredited)Released
en
- #widow
- #pneumonia
- #car crash
- #wealthy
- #single mother
- #double cross
- #duplicity
- #loveless marriage
- #hospitalization
- #country cottage
- #scheming wife
- #manipulative woman
Reviews
Kay Francis is actually quite nasty and certainly steals the limelight in this gentle, sightly plodding, dark melodrama about a wealthy man (Cary Grant) who falls for her charms not realising that all she ever really wanted was his cash. Meantime he has fallen in love with "Julie Eden" (Carole Lombard) and we embark on a sort of emotional drama of deceit and divorce. It has some comical elements a