The Story on Page One (1959)

Directors

Clifford Odets

Cast

Alfred Ryder, Anthony Franciosa, Dana Andrews, Gig Young, Hugh Griffith, Katherine Squire, Leo Penn, Mildred Dunnock, Raymond Greenleaf, Rita Hayworth, Robert Burton, Sanford Meisner, Theodore Newton, Valerie French

The story

As the film begins, young Los Angeles lawyer Victor Santini (Franciosa) is hired to defend Josephine "Jo" Morris (Hayworth), who is accused of conspiring with Larry Ellis (Young) to murder her husband Mike Morris (Ryder), a police detective. In flashbacks, it is shown that her marriage to Morris is loveless and dull. She met Ellis a widower, with whom she finds companionship and comfort.

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