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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 26, 2000
• R2: 26 Jun 2000
Running Time
1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
• Love Lies Bleeding (1946)
• Meaningful Glances (1946)
• Seltsame Liebe der Martha Ivers (1989)
• Die Seltsame Liebe der Martha Ivers (1989)
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Genre: Film-Noir, Drama, Murder, Suspense, Melodrama, Psychodrama, Love Triangle, Investigation
Tagline: Fate drew them together... and only murder could part them!
Plot: Although this was director Lewis Milestone's only venture into the realm of noir, it remains a classic of the genre. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as the title character, a tough, spoiled, willful heiress married to the local D.A., Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), a weak-willed alcoholic. When old friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) suddenly returns to town after many years away, he approaches Walter to ask his help with the case of Toni Marashek (Lisabeth Scott), a friend who has been falsely accused of a crime. Sam is surprised, at first, to learn of Walter's marriage, knowing both of the parties, but quickly begins to put the pieces together. It turns out that Martha's tyrannical aunt (Judith Anderson), met an untimely end on the night that Sam left town, and Martha fears that Sam will reveal what he knows about that night, thereby destroying the lives of both she and her husband. Consequently, she begins to plot against Sam, who she also loves in her own twisted fashion. Every element seems perfectly in place in this typically guilt-saturated noir, with superb direction from Milestone, a memorable score by Miklos Rosza, and an outstanding performance by Kirk Douglas in his film debut.
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| Directed by |
Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front, Ocean's Eleven, Mutiny on the Bounty |
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John Patrick
High Society, Some Came Running, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | |
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Shane, Airport, The Greatest Story Ever Told | | Judith Anderson
Rebecca, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Ten Commandments | Roman Bohnen
The Best Years of Our Lives, Of Mice and Men, The Song of Bernadette | | |
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