The Reckless Moment
130 reviews
Drama/Thriller
1h 22m
1949
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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After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
- DirectorMax Ophüls
- Release9 December 1949
- Genre
- Duration1h 22m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate130 reviews
- Productions
Walter Wanger Productions
Cast

James Mason
Martin Donnelly

Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper

Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper

Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper

Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby

Roy Roberts
Nagel

Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)

Al Bain
Man (uncredited)

Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Peter Brocco
Pete the Bartender (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns
Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Kathryn Card
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)

Claire Carleton
Woman (uncredited)

Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler (uncredited)

Charles Evans
Bank Official (uncredited)

Everett Glass
Drug Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Gordon
Man (uncredited)

Harry Harvey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

Virginia Hunter
Girl (uncredited)

Charles Jordan
Man (uncredited)

Kenneth Kendall
Man (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
Policeman (uncredited)

Louis Mason
Mike (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Bank Guard (uncredited)

Dorothy Phillips
Woman (uncredited)

John Roy
Man (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Man (uncredited)

William Schallert
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)

Frances E. Williams
Sybil (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
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