The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Don Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred E. GreenDirector
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
- Laird DoyleScreenplay
- Ray HeindorfOriginal Music Composer
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisJoyce Heath
- Franchot ToneDon Bellows
- Margaret LindsayGail Armitage
- Alison SkipworthMrs. Williams
- John EldredgeGordon Heath
- Dick ForanTeddy
- Walter WalkerRoger Farnsworth
- Richard CarlePitt Hanley
- George IrvingCharles Melton
- Pierre WatkinGeorge Sheffield
- Douglas WoodElmont
- William B. DavidsonReed Walsh
Stills
Themes
jinxdivorce