The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 70%, Metacritic 49/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Most of the 679 1950s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
64 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard BrooksDirector
- Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay
- Philip G. EpsteinScreenplay
- Richard BrooksScreenplay
- Conrad SalingerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorHelen Ellswirth
- Van JohnsonCharles Wills
- Walter PidgeonJames Ellswirth
- Donna ReedMarion Ellswirth
- Eva GaborLorraine Quarl
- Kurt KasznarMaurice
- George DolenzClaude Matine
- Roger MoorePaul
- Sandy DescherVicki
- Celia LovskyMama
- Peter LeedsBarney
- John DoucetteCampbell
