The Reckless Moment
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A suburban Balboa Island California housewife discovers the corpse of her teenage daughter's sleazy older art-dealer lover on their boathouse beach, quietly disposing of the body to protect her child only to be blackmailed by a weary, soulful syndicate debt collector who falls in love with her maternal devotion. Max Ophüls' supreme film noir domestic melodrama starring Joan Bennett and James Mason.
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Max Ophüls
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