Livin’ in my house! Lovin’ another man! Is that what you call bein’ honest? That’s just givin’ it a nice name!
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and character-led.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20196/10
Jerry's the salt of the earth, but he's not the right seasoning for you. Clash by Night is directed by Fritz Lang and adapted to screenplay by Alfred Hayes from the play written by Clifford Odets. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Tis a tale of stilted raw passions, frustrations and wrong decisions that unfurl in a California seacoast fishing town. Essentialy it finds Stanwyck as Mae Doyle who returns to her home town fishing village of Menterey, Calif. She's bitter and unfullfilled and marries the amiable but not very bright Jerry D'Amato (Douglas) in spite of both their better judgements. With her being inexplicably drawn to Jery's woman hating friend, Earl (Ryan), and her brother Joe (Andes) fretting that his sister Peggy (Monroe) will be corrupted by Mae's bitterness, it's a hotbed of character fallibilities. To my mind It's all very stagy and a little too overwrought, and frustrating given that the themes within the play looked to be perfect for the great Fritz Lang. Not that it's either a stinker or a critical bomb (like the play itself), it isn't, it's just too soap opera to
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Cast
- Barbara StanwyckMae Doyle D'Amato
- Paul DouglasJerry D'Amato
- Robert RyanEarl Pfeiffer
- Marilyn MonroePeggy
- J. Carrol NaishUncle Vince
- Keith AndesJoe Doyle
- Silvio MinciottiPapa D'Amato
- Tony MartinSinger of 'I Hear a Rhapsody' (voice) (uncredited)
- William BaileyWaiter (uncredited)
- Harry BaumRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
Crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Alfred HayesScreenplay
- Nicholas MusuracaDirector of Photography
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- George AmyEditor
- Harriet ParsonsProducer
- Jerry WaldProducer
- Norman KrasnaProducer
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