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A salesman marries a wealthy woman from a blue-blooded L.A. family (Fontaine) and a street-smart waitress in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant. Driven to this agonizing extreme more by his big heart than lust, the bigamist strains to keep his double life a secret from the women he truly loves. Curiously non-judgmental, .. Read more
| Starring | Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien |
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| Director | Ida Lupino |
| Genres | Drama |
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A salesman marries a wealthy woman from a blue-blooded L.A. family (Fontaine) and a street-smart waitress in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant. Driven to this agonizing extreme more by his big heart than lust, the bigamist strains to keep his double life a secret from the women he truly loves. Curiously non-judgmental, particularly as it's directed by a woman, Lupino (it's also the only production in which she directed herself).
| Starring | Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien |
|---|---|
| Director | Ida Lupino |
| Studio | QUANTUM LEAP |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 19 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1953 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 30 Apr 2009 To Rent: DVD: 22 Oct 2007 |
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Minor melodrama which took its subject seriously but failed to make absorbing drama of it. Very much a family affair, starring the producer's present and past wives, the latter also directing.
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dated but great story
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