
The awarded architect Larry Coe lives a boring marriage with his wife Eve Coe and their two young sons in the suburb. Larry is designing and constructing an unique house to the successful writer Roger Altar (Ernie Kovacs) on the top of a hill. Margaret 'Maggie' Gault is a sexy blond sexually neglected by her husband Ken Gault that lives in the same neighborhood and they have a young son. When Larry meets Maggie at the bus stop of the school bus, he unsuccessfully hits on her.... (Full plot summary below)
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The awarded architect Larry Coe lives a boring marriage with his wife Eve Coe and their two young sons in the suburb. Larry is designing and constructing an unique house to the successful writer Roger Altar (Ernie Kovacs) on the top of a hill. Margaret 'Maggie' Gault is a sexy blond sexually neglected by her husband Ken Gault that lives in the same neighborhood and they have a young son. When Larry meets Maggie at the bus stop of the school bus, he unsuccessfully hits on her. But soon they encounter each other again and they have a love affair. They fall in love with each other, but when their despicable neighbor Felix Anders discovers their affair, they have to decide between loyalty and respect to their families or love.
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| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairThe bloated running time is exacerbated by a focus on pointless subplots... |
| User ReviewJas HA house is constructed at the same an affair is constructed. I think both constructions are worth watching. Kim Novak and Kirk Douglas are legendary! |
| User ReviewStan DOne of the great, vastly underrated soap operatic love stories, between Kirk Douglas and Kim Novak, who are married to other people. With Walter Matthau, Barbara Rush, and Ernie Kovacs. |
| User ReviewGregory WMelodrama in suburbia. Egomaniac architect Kirk Douglas and unfulfilled neighbor Kim Novak have a torrid affair. Smarmy neighbor Walter Matthau figures it out. Ernie Kovacs plays an author who hires Kirk Douglas to build a house for him in the Hollywood Hills. The house construction is shown throughout the movie. Wonderful 1960 clothing, cars, and set design. There is a great cocktail party scene. This movie is not for all tastes, it is like a trashy novel. |
| User ReviewDavid BExistential suburban adultery story. Sort of Mad Men set in the Hollywood Hills. Beautiful movie visually. |
| User ReviewGustave KI read this book several months ago, and the movie ended very differently. I can't decide which version I like better. Great acting from Douglas and Novak. |
| User ReviewTristan MDecent film with good performances by the leads. You could see this as a precursor to "under the veneer of suburbia" films like American Beauty and The Ice Storm, but the plot leads towards melodrama rather than social satire. |
| User ReviewRachael B"Passion isn't a dirty word, Ken!!!" |
| User ReviewAshley Tuna historia de amor entre personas casadas, final mas q predecible. que pesa mas entre sueños y seguridad? me gusto ver la estetica de esos años tanto en vestimenta como en decoracion y diseño. kirk douglas era todo un mino. |
| User ReviewMartin TMy first impulse was to call this "Sirkian" but I worry that I might fall into a trap of labelling ANY melodrama "Sirkian". Sometimes a soap opera is just a soap opera. And this is pretty soapy... it certainly didn't have any of the transcendent quality of Sirk. Predictable suburban infidelity romance, nothing at all noteworthy about it (except that it's rather steamy for 1960). I didn't hate anything about it, but it didn't do much for me. |