James Mason seems to be happily married to Barbara Stanwyck, but his past philanderee Ava Gardner comes back into his life and 'like an alcoholic' he can't seem to leave her alone. After a nightclub melee, Mason is sheltered by sweet young thing Cyd Charisse, who's about to pick up with childhood sweetheart Van Heflin. Heflin meets Stanwyck and your merry pot now just needs seasoning and a pinch of Beverly Michaels and a dash of William Conrad. Slow cook for one hour and 48 minutes, and garnish with a Miklos Rozsa score.
A handsome MGM production photographed by Charles Rosher, written by Isobel Lennart from a novel by Marcia Davenport. Enjoyable melodrama, Van Heflin at his most zingy, quite open-ended.
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