Admittedly, if this movie had been made today, it would be much different. However, since it was made in the 1950's, the family had a "Leave It To Beaver" feel about it--a mother at home and in a dress while doing housework, a son that adores his father and wants to be just like him, and a father doing his best to support his family. However, when the father, a school teacher, passes out from intense pain, he finds out that he has rare disease that is fatal. The doctor, though, has an experimental drug that he would like to use. The father agrees and he is put on cortisone. The experiment works and the father is able to return to teaching. Eventually, he becomes addicted and even psychotic which leads to some serious threats to the family.
I did not intend to watch this movie when it came on, but as it progressed I wanted to see how the film would conclude. At times, I felt frustrated that the wife did not do more to stop her husband from doing harm to himself and his family. But then, it was the 50's, an era that women were portrayed very differently from today.
I did not intend to watch this movie when it came on, but as it progressed I wanted to see how the film would conclude. At times, I felt frustrated that the wife did not do more to stop her husband from doing harm to himself and his family. But then, it was the 50's, an era that women were portrayed very differently from today.