Barbara Stanwyck
Martha Ivers
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Synopsis
A breakdown brings a returning drifter back to the industrial town where he grew up. Two childhood companions now occupy positions of wealth and authority, but their success rests on a secret from the past. His arrival unsettles their marriage and draws a woman with troubles of her own into a network of guilt and fear.
Cast
DirectorsLewis Milestone
Inspirations
Robert Rossen adapted John Patrick's story Love Lies Bleeding. Its long reach from childhood into adult power and guilt gives the crime drama a structure built around an event that refuses to stay in the past.
Behind the scenes
The film introduced Kirk Douglas to cinema in a vulnerable role quite different from many of his later tough characters. During a brief absence by Lewis Milestone in support of a decorators' strike, Byron Haskin directed without screen credit.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.
- Barbara Stanwyck — Whitey Schafer · Public domain
- Van Heflin — Clarence Sinclair Bull · Public domain
- Lizabeth Scott — Robert Coburn · Public domain
- Kirk Douglas — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
