Burt Lancaster
Doc Delaney
Shirley Booth
Lola Delaney
Terry Moore
Marie Buckholder
Richard Jaeckel
Turk Fisher
Philip Ober
Ed Anderson
Edwin Max
Elmo Huston
Lisa Golm
Mrs. Coffman
Walter Kelley
Bruce Cunningham
Ned Glass
Man at AA Meeting (uncredited)
William Haade
Hospital Intern (uncredited)Virginia Hall
Blonde in Restaurant (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim
Mr. Cruthers (uncredited)
Peter Leeds
Milkman (uncredited)
Kitty McHugh
Pearl Stinson, AA Member (uncredited)
Paul McVey
Postman (uncredited)Beverly Mook
Judy Coffman (uncredited)Virginia Mullen
Henrietta Colby, AA Member (uncredited)
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Keywords
- #dreams
- #marriage
- #housewife
- #postman
- #childlessness
- #liquor
- #based on play or musical
- #lodger
- #alcoholism
- #art student
- #grief
- #loneliness
- #neighbor
- #hospital
- #domestic violence
- #infatuation
- #drunkenness
- #lost dog
- #alcoholics anonymous
- #premarital sex
- #college athlete
- #knifepoint
- #slut
- #idleness
- #broken dreams
- #frowsy
Reviews
@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago
I'd never heard of this film until I stumbled upon it today, and boy - what a stumble. Shirley Booth turns in one of the most intense performances I have ever seen. "Lola" is married to recovering alcoholic "Doc" (Burt Lancaster) and they live a meticulously ordered life with her the housewife and he at the hospital. As the story transpires, we learn a little more of what has driven them to their