Directed by Henry King
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
Brooding melodrama of the wealthy elite set in exotic European locations. Jason Robards is a successful psychiatrist married to Jennifer Jones, a former patient. In a long flashback, the story is told of her treatment and his unsuccessful attempts to resist her advances. They embark on a honeymoon to the Riviera which never seems to end. He flirts with a beautiful movie star, sending his wife into a tailspin. She recovers, only to have him fall into an alcoholism that takes up the final third of the film. The location photography in Zurich and the Riviera is alluring, and the performances by both Jones and Robards are fine, but that final act really just weighs the whole thing down.
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