The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had. When David returns, Matt is torn between his loyalty to his father and his affection for Jenny.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald NeameDirector
- Robert DozierWriter
- Dirk BogardeWriter
- Mayo SimonScreenplay
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Judy GarlandJenny Bowman
- Dirk BogardeDavid Donne
- Jack KlugmanGeorge
- Aline MacMahonIda
- Gregory PhillipsMatt
- Russell WatersReynolds
- Pauline JamesonMiss Plimpton
- Jeremy BurnhamHospital Doctor
- Eric WoodburnVerger
- Robert RiettiPalladium Stage Manager
- Gerald SimJoe
- David LeePianist
Stills
Themes
parent child relationshipsinger