The Reckless Moment
It could happen to so many married women!
Overview
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
- Production
- Walter Wanger Productions
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Cast
James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
Al Bain
Man (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Pete the Bartender (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Woman (uncredited)
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Bank Official (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Gordon
Man (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Producers
- Walter Wanger
- Cinematography
- Burnett Guffey
- Composer
- Hans J. Salter
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CinemaSerf
July 9, 2022
What is it about folks in movies who find dead bodies? Rather than just call the police and rely on them to adequately do their jobs, they always find themselves embroiled in silly, self-inflicted plots that almost always cause far more trouble... Here is another such example. Joan Bennett is "Lucia", a rather bored housewife whose husband is always away, and whose young daughter "Bea" (Geraldine Brooks) is having a fling with the rather roguish "Ted" (Shepperd Strudwick). Her mother tries to pu…