The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- William WylerDirector
- Elmer RiceScreenplay
- Giuseppe BecceOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John BarrymoreGeorge Simon
- Bebe DanielsRegina 'Rexy' Gordon
- Doris KenyonCora Simon
- Isabel JewellBessie Green
- Melvyn DouglasRoy Darwin
- Onslow StevensJohn P. Tedesco
- Thelma ToddLillian La Rue
- Clara LangsnerGeorge Simon's Mother
- John Hammond DaileyCharlie McFadden
- Mayo MethotZedorah Chapman
- Angela JacobsGoldie
- Robert GordonHenry Susskind