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The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American film noir melodrama directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by Columbia Pictures with Burnett Guffey as cinematographer. It starred James Mason and Joan Bennett.
The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American film noir melodrama directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, with Burnett Guffey as cinematographer. It starred Joan Bennett and James Mason, The film is based on The Blank Wall (1947), a novel written by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
- 79 min
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal. In the charming community of Balboa 50 miles from Los Angeles, middle-class housewife Lucia Harper travels to Los Angeles to meet scoundrel, Ted Darby.
The Reckless Moment (1949) is a Film Noir directed by Max Ophuls, starring Joan Bennett and James Mason. Lucia Harper (Bennett) goes to great lengths to warn her daughter, Bea ( Geraldine Brooks ), about the danger of dating an older and obviously sleazy man.
While fighting with girlfriend Bea Harper (Geraldine Brooks), Ted Darby (Shepperd Strudwick) takes a spill that leads to his death. Desperate to keep her daughter out of jail, Bea's mother, Lucia...
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- Max Ophuls
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- James Mason
Overview. After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal. Max Ophüls. Director. Robert Soderberg. Screenplay. Henry Garson. Screenplay. Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. Story.
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Details: 1949, USA, 81 mins. Direction:Max Ophuls. Summary: A wife accidentally kills her lover while her husband is away on business, and tries to hide his body, only to find herself blackmailed...
