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7.4/10 • 34

1952-12-241h 36m

RomanceDrama

That girl in their house spelled trouble!

A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

Directors
Daniel Mann
Editors
Warren Low

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  1. Burt Lancaster

    Burt Lancaster

    Doc Delaney

  2. Shirley Booth

    Shirley Booth

    Lola Delaney

  3. Terry Moore

    Terry Moore

    Marie Buckholder

  4. Richard Jaeckel

    Richard Jaeckel

    Turk Fisher

  5. Philip Ober

    Philip Ober

    Ed Anderson

  6. Edwin Max

    Edwin Max

    Elmo Huston

  7. Lisa Golm

    Lisa Golm

    Mrs. Coffman

  8. Walter Kelley

    Walter Kelley

    Bruce Cunningham

  9. Virginia Hall

    Virginia Hall

    Blonde

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May 8, 2024

7/10

I'd never heard of this film until I stumbled upon it today, and boy - what a stumble. Shirley Booth turns in one of the most intense performances I have ever seen. "Lola" is married to recovering alcoholic "Doc" (Burt Lancaster) and they live a meticulously ordered life with her the housewife and he at the hospital. As the story transpires, we learn a little more of what has driven them to their current scenario whilst she yearns for companionship. To that end she rents out their spare room to student "Marie" (Terry Moore). Initially, "Doc" isn't sure, but he takes a shine to the girl - if not to her all-American boyfriend "Turk" (Richard Jaeckel). She seems set on him, though, and as his paternal concern for her choices starts to mount his need for that lone bottle sitting in the cupboard starts to mount too! It's only really in the last fifteen minutes that the story all falls into place and we realise just why both of these characters are as they are. Lancaster plays his role in a measured and entirely convincing fashion as he foils the almost perfect effort from an entirely convincing Booth who elicits sympathy and exasperation in almost equal measure. What's also quite effective here is that the story isn't full of contrived pitfalls and disasters. It's a story of humanity with it's roots in a plausible scenario (of the time, anyway) that has provided these two, perhaps despite themselves, with a true and lasting affection. It's much more of a drama than a romance, and really is worth an hour and half of your time.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
dreamsmarriagebased on play or musicallodgeralcoholismdogalcoholics anonymous