The read
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernest LehmanScreenplay
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanDavid Alfred Eaton
- Joanne WoodwardMary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton
- Ted de CorsiaMr. Ralph W. Benziger
- Ina BalinNatalie Benziger
- Elizabeth AllenSage Rimmington
- Barbara EdenClemmie Shreve
- George GrizzardAlexander 'Lex' Porter
- Patrick O'NealDr. Jim Roper
- Raymond GreenleafFritz Thornton
- Myrna LoyMartha Eaton
- Leon AmesSamuel Eaton
- Malcolm AtterburyGeorge Fry
Stills
Themes
new york citybusinessfinancial