Kirk Douglas's The Strange Love of Marthe Ivers (1946)
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 ‧ Drama/Black and white ‧ 1h 56m
Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime, corroborates the girl's story. Eventually, they wed out of convenience; the meek Walter is genuinely in love, and Martha thinks that her secret is safe since she has married the one witness to her aunt's death. However, when her childhood pal, Sam (Van Heflin), shows up, Martha knows her dark past may not stay a secret for long.
Release date: September 13, 1946 (USA)
Director: Lewis Milestone
Based on: Love Lies Bleeding; by John Patrick
Costume design: Edith Head
Screenplay: Robert Rossen, Robert Riskin
1946 ‧ Drama/Black and white ‧ 1h 56m
Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime, corroborates the girl's story. Eventually, they wed out of convenience; the meek Walter is genuinely in love, and Martha thinks that her secret is safe since she has married the one witness to her aunt's death. However, when her childhood pal, Sam (Van Heflin), shows up, Martha knows her dark past may not stay a secret for long.
Release date: September 13, 1946 (USA)
Director: Lewis Milestone
Based on: Love Lies Bleeding; by John Patrick
Costume design: Edith Head
Screenplay: Robert Rossen, Robert Riskin