Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
Acting
Carroll Baker's chameleon chaos
Direction
Gordon Douglas's lurid restraint
Costume
Wardrobe tells the backstory
Director
Gordon Douglas
Carroll Baker
Sylvia: West (Karoki, Kay, Carlyle)
George Maharis
Alan Macklin
Joanne Dru
Jane (Bronson) Phillips
Peter Lawford
Frederic Summers
Viveca Lindfors
Irma Olanski
Edmond O'Brien
Oscar Stewart
Aldo Ray
Jonas Karoki
Ann Sothern
Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona
Lloyd Bochner
Bruce Stamford III
Paul Gilbert
Lola Diamond
Jay Novello
Father Gonzales
Nancy Kovack
Big Shirley
Gene Lyons
Gavin Cullen
Anthony Caruso
Wilbur (aka "Muscles")
Alan Carney
Gus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
E.V. Cunningham was a pseudonym for Howard Fast, who wrote Spartacus — this was his trashy paperback pivot.
Carroll Baker was still recovering from the career damage of Harlow and The Carpetbaggers; this was her attempt at 'serious' actress respectability.
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