The Reckless Moment (1949)

NR ★ 6.7/10 82 min Drama, Thriller United States English

Director: Max Ophüls

Adaptations: Mel Dinelli, Robert E. Kent
Story by: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Screenplay by: Robert Soderberg, Henry Garson

Streaming: Not available

It could happen to so many married women!

Description

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

James Mason Martin Donnelly

Joan Bennett Lucia Harper

Geraldine Brooks Bea Harper

Henry O'Neill Tom Harper

Shepperd Strudwick Ted Darby

David Bair David Harper

Roy Roberts Nagel

Jessie Arnold Old Lady (uncredited)