
Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. While their relationship is still fairly innocent, his son Vinnie sees them together and suspects the worst. It's time for tortured souls behind rain-streaming windows...... (Full plot summary below)
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Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. While their relationship is still fairly innocent, his son Vinnie sees them together and suspects the worst. It's time for tortured souls behind rain-streaming windows...
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIts title seems appropriate for a soap opera. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerIt's as suffocating a portrait of suburban middle class life as the you'll find in fifties cinema and Stanwyck is the flame that casts everything else into shadow. |
| User ReviewJohnnyLee TStylish drama acted expertly by super professionals. The powerful duo of Stanwyck and MacMurray excel when paired together and this is a fine example of that. Sadly this film is somewhat obscure, a shame since it really does examine in simple terms the crisis a man faces when he realizes he has fallen into a rut without being aware of it. Another winner from Sirk and perhaps even better then some of his more renown films, which are certainly enjoyable if sometimes over the top and a little lurid, since this drama is muted and closer to real life. The problems the film examines seem rooted in the 50's consumerism but by looking a little deeper they are revealed to be universal and timeless issues. This was the final pairing of Barbara and Fred, all their collaborations are worth watching, although The Moonlighter is rather sketchy, but this is the only one showing them as a mature pair and it's a pity they didn't have a chance to make perhaps one more when they had reached old age since they brought out the best in each other. |
| User Reviewroger tIf Barbara Stanwyck showed up after twenty odd years to 'whoop it up' your damn right I'd go along with it. Can't compete with the Stanwyck! If she showed up now, and she's dead, I'd still go along with it! |
| User Reviewvonnie mMight be my favorite Sirk film. Simple on the surface, oh-so-complex underneath. |
| User ReviewMichael TA mature, if rather staid, depiction of mid-life crisis in an idyllic 50's American household. We deserved at least one extra shock of drama, perhaps from the wife whose innocence is the weak element of the film. The feeling of being stifled and the husband's sense of dissatisfaction are not to be misinterpreted as ours. These are all Sirk's ingenius intention. |
| User ReviewRalph RBetter than expected, this film reminds me of everything I hate about the fifties, and still makes me love it for its regressive attitudes. Joan Bennett's character is unintentionally hilarious, and at the very least, the bizarre subplot of the son and his girlfriend, makes for an amusing distraction from the melodrama. |
| User ReviewSam POne of Sirk's most overlooked pictures... 'Well, what do you know? Long pants at last!' |
| User ReviewArt SStylish drama acted expertly by super professionals. The powerful duo of Stanwyck and MacMurray excel when paired together and this is a fine example of that. Sadly this film is somewhat obscure.A shame since it really does examine in simple terms the crisis a man faces when he realizes he has fallen into a rut without being aware of it. Another winner from Sirk and perhaps even better then some of his better known films, which are certainly enjoyable if sometimes over the top and a little lurid, since the drama is muted and closer to real life. |
| User ReviewM. KExcellent Sirk film with a brilliant performance from Barbara Stanwyck. Heavy handed in its symbolism (we get it, he's like a robot) and too pat and tidy in its resolution, but compelling melodrama all the same. |