The reckless moment [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screen play by Henry Garson, Robert W. Soderberg ; adaptation by Mel Dinelli, Robert E. Kent ; produced by Walter Wanger ; directed by Max Opuls.
Joan Bennett, James Mason, Geraldine Brooks. "Based on the Ladies Home Journal story, The blank wall, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding." Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Summary:
With her husband out of town, Lucia Harper has her hands full keeping her household in order. Her headstrong daughter, Bea, has taken up with a louse named Ted Darby and persists in meeting him despite her mother's warnings. During one tryst, Bea and Darby quarrel violently. Bea accidentally kills Darby and runs away. To protect her family, Lucia disposes of the body. Because of this rash act, she faces not only a murder investigation, but two ruthless blackmailers, Donnelly and Nagel. Fortunately for the Harper family, Donnelly has a change of heart and becomes their savior.
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