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The Reckless Moment (1949)

19491h 22mdir. Max OphülsUnited States of Americafilm noircrime film

With James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Shepperd Strudwick, Henry O'Neill, Ann Shoemaker, Dorothy Phillips, Everett Glass

Directed by Max Ophüls

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The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American noir melodrama film directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by Columbia Pictures with Burnett Guffey as cinematographer. It starred James Mason and Joan Bennett. The film is based on The Blank Wall (1947), a novel written by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. The 2001 film The Deep End is a remake based on the same source material.

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