Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.
Production
The drapes are practically a character
Acting
Gloria Grahame weaponizes fragility
Direction
Minnelli stages dysfunction like opera
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Richard Widmark
Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
Lauren Bacall
Meg Faversen Rinehart
Charles Boyer
Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
Gloria Grahame
Karen McIver
Lillian Gish
Victoria Inch
John Kerr
Steven W. Holte
Susan Strasberg
Sue Brett
Oscar Levant
Mr. Capp
Paul Stewart
Dr. Otto Wolff
Jarma Lewis
Lois Y. Demuth
Adele Jergens
Miss Cobb
Edgar Stehli
Mr. Holcomb
Sandy Descher
Rosemary McIver
Bert Freed
Abe Irwin
Mabel Albertson
Regina Mitchell-Smyth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Minnelli spent $35,000 on those infamous drapes—more than some actors' salaries—turning set design into narrative warfare.
Gloria Grahame was divorcing Nicholas Ray during filming; her real-life turmoil bleeds into Karen's unraveling.
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