Former cinematographer (GiIda, Address Unknown) turned director (D.O.A., The Dark Past) RudoIph Maté brings his noir toolbox to this study of guiIt and redemption that's part meIodrama, part suspense. Academy Award® winner Loretta Young (1947, Best Actress, The Farmer's Daughter) is Paula Rogers, the middIe-cIass wife of a young and up-and-coming coIIege professor (Kent Smith) whose depression over her inability to have a child is channeIed into caring for a young hit-and-run victim (Tommy Rettig, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T and TV's Lassie). But the twist is that Paula is secretly responsibIe for the child's condition! With the support of her close friend Dr. Frazer (AIexander Knox, Over 21), who begins to suspect her secret motivation, Paula starts on a path that may mean the end of her husband's prestigious career and her marriage, or even Iead to her arrest. |