The read
A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 10%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Most of the 661 1950s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Edna AnhaltScreenplay
- Edward AnhaltScreenplay
- Stanley KramerDirector
- Buddy KayeOriginal Music Composer
- George AntheilOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert MitchumLucas Marsh
- Olivia de HavillandKristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh
- Frank SinatraAlfred Boone
- Gloria GrahameHarriet Lang
- Broderick CrawfordDr. Aarons
- Charles BickfordDr. Dave W. Runkleman
- Myron McCormickDr. Clem Snider
- Lon Chaney Jr.Job Marsh
- Jesse WhiteBen Cosgrove
- Harry MorganOley
- Lee MarvinBrundage
- Virginia ChristineBruni
