poster

1955

NR (07/01/1955) (US)

Drama, Romance,

2h 15m

61

User Score

Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!

Overview

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

1955

61

User Score

NR (07/01/1955) (US)

Drama, Romance,

2h 15m

Stands alone! First as a book... Now as a motion picture!

Overview

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Lucas Marsh

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Alfred Boone

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Harriet Lang

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Dr. Dave W. Runkleman

Myron McCormick

Myron McCormick

Dr. Clem Snider

Jesse White

Jesse White

Ben Cosgrove

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Brundage

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Dr. Dietrich

Jack Raine

Jack Raine

Dr. Lettering

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke

Nurse Odell

William Vedder

William Vedder

Carlisle Emmons

Gail Bonney

Gail Bonney

Mrs. Fields (uncredited)

King Donovan

King Donovan

Mr. Slocum (uncredited)

Al Murphy

Al Murphy

Patient Being Restrained (scenes deleted)