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A Midwestern lawyer named David Trask (Gary Merrill) leaves his wife. At the airport he buys a ticket for Los Angeles, but the only available flight is delayed. He calls his wife and tells her he can't forgive her and is going away to think.
Phone Call From a Stranger. After discovering that his wife has been unfaithful, attorney David Trask (Gary Merrill) decides to fly to Los Angeles. He becomes friendly with three other passengers ...
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- Jean Negulesco
- Drama
- Gary Merrill
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Jul 29, 2018 · The film begins with a phone call: After his wife Jane (Helen Westcott) admits to having a long affair, David Trask (Gary Merrill), an Iowa lawyer, informs her that he abandons her and their two daughters, after 12 years of marriage, heading to Los Angeles.
Dec 6, 2014 · Iowa lawyer David L. “Dave” Trask (Merrill) leaves his wife Janey (Westcott), plus their two daughters, to take a flight for LA to try to sort his head out; he can no longer live with her or the memory of the “little slip” she committed. He books himself on the plane under the name Joseph H. Collins so that Janey can’t track him down.
It was really David's talk with Eddie Hoke's widow Marie, Bette Davis, that shown him the light and what a great hurt he was doing to both his wife Jane and his two young daughters by leaving them. Marie was a beautiful woman who was also cheating behind Eddie's back with Marty, Warren Stevens.
As the film begins, Lawyer David Trask (Gary Merrill) is seen talking on a pay phone to his wife. He had written her a letter saying he was leaving her and followed up with the call to let her know he wasn’t planning to do anything rash.
Jan 26, 2018 · On the other hand, Davis would later claim that she fell in love with the role of Wynn’s wife while helping then-husband Merrill study his lines. Director Negulesco was apparently very displeased with Davis’s performance, but I thought she was very good — Davis, in my opinion, is surprisingly warm and understated.
