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A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.
Keywords
dreams
marriage
housewife
postman
childlessness
liquor
based on play or musical
lodger
alcoholism
art student
grief
loneliness
neighbor
hospital
domestic violence
infatuation
drunkenness
lost dog
alcoholics anonymous
premarital sex
college athlete
knifepoint
slut
idleness
broken dreams
frowsy
Casts

Burt Lancaster
Doc Delaney

Shirley Booth
Lola Delaney

Terry Moore
Marie Buckholder

Richard Jaeckel
Turk Fisher

Philip Ober
Ed Anderson

Edwin Max
Elmo Huston

Lisa Golm
Mrs. Coffman
Walter Kelley
Bruce Cunningham

Ned Glass
Man at AA Meeting (uncredited)

William Haade
Hospital Intern (uncredited)
Virginia Hall
Blonde in Restaurant (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim
Mr. Cruthers (uncredited)

Peter Leeds
Milkman (uncredited)
Kitty McHugh
Pearl Stinson, AA Member (uncredited)

Paul McVey
Postman (uncredited)
Beverly Mook
Judy Coffman (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen
Henrietta Colby, AA Member (uncredited)
Crews
Ketti Frings
Screenplay
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Don McKay
Sound Recordist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Daniel Mann
Director

Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer

Edith Head
Costume Design

Henry Bumstead
Art Direction

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction

James Wong Howe
Director of Photography

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ross Dowd
Set Decoration

William Inge
Theatre Play
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
Richard McWhorter
Assistant Director
Roy Roberts
Gaffer
Backdrops & Posters





