Drama / Film-Noir
USA,
1946, 116 min
Directed by:
Lewis MilestoneCinematography:
Victor MilnerComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson, Darryl Hickman, Ann Doran, James Flavin, Charles D. Brown, Roman Bohnen (more)VOD (3)
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Barbara Stanwyck is the eponymous character of this classic noir, a woman of wealth and position in her small community, and the wife of local district attorney, Walter O'Neil, a self-loathing alcoholic whom she holds in contempt. When her old friend Sam Masterson arrives in town after an absence of many years, asking Walter's help for Toni Marashek, a woman unjustly accused of a crime, Martha fears that Sam will reveal what he knows about the events that transpired on the night that he left town long ago. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1947 - Best Original Story
Cannes Film Festival
- 1947 - Lewis Milestone (Grand Prize)