The Reckless Moment (1949)

83 min · Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir

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Directors

Max Ophüls

Cast

James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, David Bair, Roy Roberts

The story

While her husband is away on business, Lucia Harper leaves her home in Balboa Island and drives to Los Angeles to confront Darby, a low-life L.A. criminal, and demands he stop seeing her 17-year-old daughter, Bea. He agrees, but with the caveat that Lucia pay him.

Catalogue themes and tags

Beautiful Woman, Blackmail, Car Crash, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Melodrama, Drama, Film noir, Crime Drama

Genres

Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir

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