Directed by Edward Dmytryk
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Olive Films)
Trashy Harold Robbins soap opera with so many bad lines and ridiculous situations it becomes a parody of itself. Joey Heatherton is terrible as the 15-year-old daughter who seduces her mother's lover, only to end up murdering him one night in a jealous rage, at least that's what we are lead to believe. In a long flashback that takes up most of the movie, we relive the doomed romance between boozy Mike Connors and sculptress Susan Hayward, a couple obviously wrong for each other from the start. Bette Davis is the stereotypical domineering mother who controls everyone's lives behind the scenes. There is a trial, a conviction, psychiatrists, blackmail over love letters, a shocking turn of events and the inevitable suicide. If it wasn't all so funny it would be pathetic.
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