The Reckless Moment
It could happen to so many married women!
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12/9/1949Runtime
82 minsOverview
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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A housewife is pulled into a nightmare of blackmail and moral compromise when she discovers her daughter's lover dead on the family grounds. This taut noir follows the unspooling of her life as one desperate choice leads to another.
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James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
David Bair
David Harper
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
Al Bain
Man (uncredited)
Jack Baker
Man (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Holger Bendixen
Man (uncredited)
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