The Reckless Moment

Plot

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

  • Max Ophüls

    Director

  • Mel Dinelli

    Adaptation

  • Henry Garson

    Screenplay

  • Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

    Story

  • Robert E. Kent

    Adaptation

  • Robert Soderberg

    Screenplay

  • Burnett Guffey

    Director of Photography

  • Gene Havlick

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Gail Bonney

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Chet Brandenburg

    Department Store Customer (uncredited)

  • Peter Brocco

    Pete the Bartender (uncredited)

  • Paul E. Burns

    Desk Clerk (uncredited)

  • John Butler

    Pawnbroker (uncredited)

  • Kathryn Card

    Mrs. Loring (uncredited)

  • Claire Carleton

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Boyd Davis

    Tall Man in Post Office (uncredited)

  • Karl 'Killer' Davis

    Wrestler (uncredited)

  • George Dockstader

    Man (uncredited)

  • Charles Evans

    Bank Official (uncredited)

  • Charles Ferguson

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Everett Glass

    Drug Clerk (uncredited)

  • Robert Gordon

    Man (uncredited)

  • Buddy Gorman

    Magazine Clerk (uncredited)

  • Harry Harvey

    Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

  • Virginia Hunter

    Girl (uncredited)

  • Danny Jackson

    Drummer (uncredited)

  • Charles Jordan

    Man (uncredited)

  • Kenneth Kendall

    Man (uncredited)

  • Norman Leavitt

    Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)

  • David Levitt

    Man (uncredited)

  • Mike Mahoney

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Charles Marsh

    Bob (Newsper Vendor) (uncredited)

  • Louis Mason

    Mike (uncredited)

  • Richard Mickelson

    Man (uncredited)

  • John Monaghan

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Sue Moore

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    82 minutes

    Released

    1949-12-09

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Walter Wanger Productions

    Sound

  • Hans J. Salter

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    142 days ago

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