United Artists
Directed by John Sturges
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., is a lawyer in a typical American town. He's the "pillar of the community" and straight as an arrow. However, it's all a sham and his personal life is falling apart. He's having an affair with the wife of his law partner, an impotent cripple. Even worse, his son is accused of raping the local tramp. The unpleasant complications just go on and on...suicide, embezzlement....accompanied by soaring violins and dramatic piano flourishes. Perhaps the worst example of the kind of trashy soap opera that was coming out of Hollywood following the success of co-star Lana Turner's similar travesty Peyton Place in 1957.
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