Description
Of three suburban couples suffering marital difficulties, one finds itself unexpectedly splitting when Addie Ross (
Celeste Holm) runs off with one of the husbands while the wives are away on a trip--but which husband? Addie's note to the wives doesn't say. Entangled in suspense as to who has flown the coop, the three wives reflect on their marriages and the stresses within them: one wife met her upper-crust hubby while in the service and fears that she doesn't belong in his social class; another is a radio soap opera writer whose career is interfering with her marriage to a university professor; and the last is a gold digger from the wrong side of the tracks, in a turbulent marriage to a coarse businessman. Sympathetic insights into the strains and insecurities inherent in every marriage bear the genuine touch of director and screenwriter
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, whose renditions of complex relationships also shine in his other movies, including ALL ABOUT EVE.
Kirk Douglas,
Thelma Ritter,
Jeanne Crain,
Linda Darnell, and
Ann Sothern star in this film that won Best Screenplay and Best Director Oscars for Mankiewicz.
Details
Released: Tue 22 Feb 2005
Catalogue Number: 2223139
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