Curious title. John Patrick adapted Rumer Godden novel 'Take Three Tenses' (1945) - which gives more depth to behaviour of older sister? The time jumping - which is cinematically quite well done with tricks - is from the novel.
Sam Goldwyn produced. Gregg Toland on camera, Hugo Friedhofer music, Daniel Mandell editing.
David Niven rather good as his older self, Teresa Wright good as always (and Gigi Perreau as her younger self). With Evelyn Keyes as young ambulance driver falling in with Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows as unredeeming bitch, Leo G Carroll, Henry Stephenson.
Exciting climax in air raid. When Granger flings himself onto Keyes on the bridge to protect her, into my mind popped "And that's how you were conceived, son".
Take those opportunities, kids!
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