| Release Date: | Jul 1946 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Film-Noir |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
| Cast: | Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), Van Heflin (Sam Masterson) Lizabeth Scott (Antonia 'Toni' Marachek) Kirk Douglas (Walter O'Neil) Judith Anderson (Mrs. Ivers) Roman Bohnen (Mr. O'Neil) Darryl Hickman (Sam Masterson as a boy) Janis Wilson (Martha Ivers as a girl) Ann Doran (Bobbi St. John) Frank Orth (Hotel clerk) James Flavin (Detective #1) Mickey Kuhn (Walter O'Neil as a boy) Charles D. Brown (McCarthy, Private Detective) |
In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil, now district attorney. At first, Sam is more interested in displaced blonde Toni Marachek than in his boyhood friends; but they draw him into a convoluted web of plotting and cross-purposes.
