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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a 1946 American film noir drama directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas in his film debut.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas. A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin), and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), now a District Attorney.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime,...
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), a classic film noir which introduced Kirk Douglas to the moviegoing world, is the story of a headstrong, cruel woman (Barbara Stanwyck), her weak husband (Douglas) and the murderous secret they carry between them - a secret which they fear will come out once a childhood friend (Van Heflin) arrives in ...
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will.
Oct 23, 2023 · Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) was a departure for Milestone, an effective film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, Lizabeth Scott, and (in his film debut) Kirk Douglas. Arch of Triumph (1948), adapted from the Remarque novel and coscripted by Milestone, was a romance set…
The film debut of a young actor named Kirk Douglas, Lewis Allen’s The Strange Love of Martha Ivers tells the story of three childhood friends who share a criminal secret and the conflict that extends well into their adulthood.
