His loves...his world---both past and present---and the crisis they caused!
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Gregory PeckTom Rath
- Jennifer JonesBetsy Rath
- Fredric MarchRalph Hopkins
- Marisa PavanMaria Montagne
- Lee J. CobbJudge Bernstein
- Ann HardingHelen Hopkins
- Keenan WynnSgt. Caesar Gardella
- Gene LockhartBill Hawthorne
- Gigi PerreauSusan Hopkins
- Portland MasonJaney Rath
Crew
- Nunnally JohnsonDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Sloan WilsonNovel
- Charles G. ClarkeDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Dorothy SpencerEditor
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
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