Benign affair with Joan Crawford really being unable to make up her mind who the man for her actually is. Should it be married, successful lawyer Dana Andrews or the rather dull widower Henry Fonda? Crawford chooses the latter, but a phone conversation with Andrews where he professes his love for her,is heard by his vicious wife and some fireworks start but never become blazing.
Ruth Warrick is excellent as the wife of Andrews. The daughter of a wealthy man who is Andrews' law partner, she is an embittered woman who leashes her fury out on her younger daughter. I really thought there would be a tragedy there and I was glad that I'm wrong.
The ending is predictable because that's the way the film should have ended. Missing here is an excitable Joan Crawford capable of anything. To disagree with other writers, this is certainly not one of Andrews' best films. To me, he will always be endearing as that soldier returning home in "The Best Years of Our Lives."
Ruth Warrick is excellent as the wife of Andrews. The daughter of a wealthy man who is Andrews' law partner, she is an embittered woman who leashes her fury out on her younger daughter. I really thought there would be a tragedy there and I was glad that I'm wrong.
The ending is predictable because that's the way the film should have ended. Missing here is an excitable Joan Crawford capable of anything. To disagree with other writers, this is certainly not one of Andrews' best films. To me, he will always be endearing as that soldier returning home in "The Best Years of Our Lives."