Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
Acting
Reagan's surprisingly raw performance; Rains' aristocratic dread.
Writing
Screenwriter literally bought the rights to hide the book's scandal.
Production
Constructed an entire Victorian town that still stands on the Warner lot.
Director
Sam Wood
Ann Sheridan
Randy Monaghan
Robert Cummings
Parris Mitchell
Ronald Reagan
Drake McHugh
Betty Field
Cassandra Tower
Charles Coburn
Henry Gordon
Claude Rains
Alexander Tower
Judith Anderson
Harriet Gordon
Nancy Coleman
Louise Gordon
Kaaren Verne
Elise Sandor
Maria Ouspenskaya
Madame von Eln
Harry Davenport
Colonel Skeffington
Ernest Cossart
Pa Monaghan
Ilka Grüning
Anna
Minor Watson
Sam Winters
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reagan's 'Where's the rest of me?' became the title of his 1965 autobiography and a lifelong callback.
The novel featured explicit incest and homosexuality; producer Hal Wallis spent $130,000 to suppress it and sanitize the film.
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