Close to My Heart

NR 6.5
1951 1 hr 30 min Drama

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.

  • Cast:
    Ray Milland , Gene Tierney , Fay Bainter , Howard St. John , Mary Beth Hughes , Ann Morrison , James Seay

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Reviews

Lovesusti
1951/10/01

The Worst Film Ever

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NekoHomey
1951/10/02

Purely Joyful Movie!

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Marketic
1951/10/03

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

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Kaydan Christian
1951/10/04

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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