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68% Critic Match
The Reckless Moment
“It could happen to so many married women!”
6.8 / 10• 1949• 1h 22m•NR• English
DramaThrillerCrime
Storyline
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Cast & Crew
James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Lead
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
DB
David Bair
David Harper
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Max Ophüls's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Reckless Moment is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
