The Reckless Moment

NR 7.1
1949 1 hr 22 min Drama , Thriller

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

  • Cast:
    James Mason , Joan Bennett , Geraldine Brooks , Henry O'Neill , Shepperd Strudwick , Roy Roberts , Jessie Arnold

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Reviews

Executscan
1949/12/29

Expected more

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Beystiman
1949/12/30

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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FirstWitch
1949/12/31

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Ariella Broughton
1950/01/01

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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