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Charlotte Bronn (Jean Simmons) walks out of a mental institution and back into the emotionally stunted life that sent her there, trapped in a chilly relationship with a husband (Dan O'Herlihy) who seems far more interested in Charlotte's stepsister Joan (Rhonda Fleming) than in his wife. Charlotte clings to the hope that she is improving. But on the night of an elegant party, dressed and coiffed in an unsettling attempt to resemble Joan, she loses her frail self-control... and finally faces the truth about her marriage. Simmons is magnetic as Charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Costars as a professor who offers Charlotte the compassionate support she needs, if she has the courage to accept it. Veteran Mervyn LeRoy (Random Harvest, The Bad Seed) directs this poignant and penetrating tale of a mind and a marriage at a crossroads.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer: Mervyn LeRoy
Actor: Efrem Zimbalist
Actor: Jr.
Actor: Jean Simmons
Actor: Dan O'Herlihy
Actor: Rhonda Fleming
Actor: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Actor: Mabel Albertson
Actor: Johnstone White
Actor: Eleanor Audley
Actor: Rand Harper
Actor: Hal Taggart
Actor: Stephen Dunne
Actor: Joan Weldon
Actor: Joanna Barnes
Actor: Kathryn Card
Actor: Marjorie Bennett
Actor: Bunny Waters
Actor: Mary Alan Hokanson
Actor: Albert Godderis
Actor: Walter Bacon
Actor: Gail Bonney
Actor: Lillian Culver
Actor: Ed Prentiss
Actor: Chuck Hicks
Actor: Edna Holland
Actor: Hart Sprager
Actor: Edwin Jerome
Actor: Joel Marston
Actor: Susan Davis
Actor: Elizabeth Flournoy
Actor: Barbara Bell Wright
Actor: Lillian West