A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
Direction
Lupino films the unseeable with devastating restraint.
Writing
Script co-written by Collier Young — refuses easy redemption.
Director
Ida Lupino
Mala Powers
Ann Walton
Tod Andrews
Rev. Bruce Ferguson
Robert Clarke
Jim Owens
Raymond Bond
Eric Walton
Lillian Hamilton
Mrs. Walton
Rita Lupino
Stella Carter
Hal March
Detective Sergeant Hendrix
Jerry Paris
Frank Marini
Angela Clarke
Madge Harrison
Hamilton Camp
Shoeshine Boy
William Challee
Lee Wilkins
Tristram Coffin
Judge McKenzie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lupino was the only woman directing Hollywood features in 1950; she formed her production company, The Filmmakers, to escape studio control.
The MPAA called it 'a very sordid story' and restricted distribution; Lupino later said she made it because 'rape is a social outrage.'
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