Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

• DirectorRichard Brooks
• Release18 November 1954
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 56m
• Budget$1,960,000
• Revenue$4,940,000
• Rate
  

  6.105
  57 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer