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The Reckless Moment

It could happen to so many married women!

  • Movie
  • 1949
  • NR
  • 1h 22m

Directed by Max Ophüls

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 144 votes

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Overview

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

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Cast and crew

  • James Mason

    James MasonMartin Donnelly

  • Joan Bennett

    Joan BennettLucia Harper

  • Geraldine Brooks

    Geraldine BrooksBea Harper

  • Henry O'Neill

    Henry O'NeillTom Harper

  • Shepperd Strudwick

    Shepperd StrudwickTed Darby

  • David BairDavid Harper

  • Roy Roberts

    Roy RobertsNagel

  • Jessie Arnold

    Jessie ArnoldOld Lady (uncredited)

  • Al Bain

    Al BainMan (uncredited)

  • Jack BakerMan (uncredited)

  • Pat Barton

    Pat BartonReceptionist (uncredited)

  • Holger BendixenMan (uncredited)

  • Gail Bonney

    Gail BonneyWoman (uncredited)

  • Chet Brandenburg

    Chet BrandenburgDepartment Store Customer (uncredited)

  • Peter Brocco

    Peter BroccoPete the Bartender (uncredited)

  • Paul E. Burns

    Paul E. BurnsDesk Clerk (uncredited)

  • John ButlerPawnbroker (uncredited)

  • Kathryn Card

    Kathryn CardMrs. Loring (uncredited)

Director
Max Ophüls
Writer
Henry Garson, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and Robert Soderberg
Music
Hans J. Salter
Cinematography
Burnett Guffey