Synopsis
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her Lee's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Whitfield CookScreenplay
- Robert Z. LeonardDirector
- Anne Morrison ChapinScreenplay
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertLee Addams
- Walter PidgeonChris Matthews
- June AllysonPenny Addams
- Lionel BarrymoreDr. Rossiger
- Robert SterlingChase N. Addams
- Marshall ThompsonBrandon Reynolds
- Elizabeth PattersonMrs. Stover
- Richard DerrLarry Addams
- Patricia MedinaKay Burns
- Eily MalyonMiss Hunter
- Anne LaceyPenny as a Child
- Dwayne HickmanChase as a Child
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Themes
parent child relationshipchildhood traumasuicide of fatherembezzlerpianistpsychiatriststepparent stepchild relationshipalcoholic fatherstepmother stepdaughter relationshipdepressed girlgirl crushchildhood grief