The Reckless Moment (1949)

NR12/09/1949Drama, Thriller1h 22m
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It could happen to so many married women!

Overview

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    James Mason

    Martin Donnelly

  2. Cast 1

    Joan Bennett

    Lucia Harper

  3. Cast 1

    Geraldine Brooks

    Bea Harper

  4. Cast 1

    Henry O'Neill

    Tom Harper

  5. Cast 1

    Shepperd Strudwick

    Ted Darby

  6. David Bair

    David Harper

  7. Cast 1

    Roy Roberts

    Nagel

  8. Cast 1

    Jessie Arnold

    Old Lady (uncredited)

  9. Cast 1

    Al Bain

    Man (uncredited)

What is it about folks in movies who find dead bodies? Rather than just call the police and rely on them to adequately do their jobs, they always find themselves embroiled in silly, self-inflicted plots that almost always cause far more trouble... Here is another such example. Joan Bennett is "Lucia", a rather bored housewife whose husband is always away, and whose young daughter "Bea" (Geraldine Brooks) is having a fling with the rather roguish "Ted" (Shepperd Strudwick). Her mother tries to put a stop to the relationship, be he wants paying off - she tells him to get lost. Next day, he confr...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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