Quite frank sex talk in long soaper, more realistic than most, well performed particularly by Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy (alky husband), Sandra Dee and Constance Ford (unspeakable), with solid husband Richard Egan and Troy Donahue. Beulah Bondi is the aunt and Martin Eric the sleazy handyman.
Handsomely shot on location by Harry Stradling (with lots of day for night). Another great incidental score by Max Steiner, though imaginative re-arrangements of hit theme tune become overbearing (possibly not his idea).
Director adapted Sloan Wilson novel. Wonderfully edited by Owen Marks - you can feel Casablanca in certain sequences.
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