72 minutes to watch a marriage crumble and resurrect—faster than most couples' therapy.
A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look back on what has happened to them over the years of their marriage.
Acting
Ruth Warrick carries decades of regret in every glance.
Direction
Beaudine's B-movie efficiency becomes artistic virtue.
Director
William Beaudine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruth Warrick had just played Citizen Kane's first wife; this was her 'what if I stayed married' alternate universe.
Hugh Beaumont's casting as Pastor Emory is proto-Leave It to Beaver morality—he was literally rehearsing America's dad archetype.
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