Directed by John M. Stahl
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
Relentlessly bleak melodrama about an Irish gambler and his trophy wife, a New Orleans debutant. Rex Harrison wins a fortune and a plantation at the card table soon after his arrival in Louisiana. He falls in love with the beautiful Maureen O'Hara at first sight, but she has better sense and manages to avoid his advances, at least for awhile. He builds a mansion and invites her to host a party, during which she consents to marriage. On their honeymoon, he gets drunk downstairs with the boys while she waits alone in bed, but he breaks down the bedroom door in a drunken rage. Years of misery follow, including a child with a limp, both of them trying to raise it in their own way. Tragedy follows tragedy, until even the voodoo practiced by their slaves is a welcome respite. A hopeful ending rings hollow after nearly two hours.
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