The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
Acting
James Mason's chillingly urbane abuser—charming until he's terrifying.
Writing
Pre-#MeToo depiction of coercive control, shockingly modern.
Director
Arthur Crabtree
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when British women were being pushed back into domesticity post-WWII, the film's rage feels accidentally radical.
Mason reportedly based his performance on men he'd observed at parties—'the ones who tell their wives what to order.'
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