Joan Crawford plays a strong women and the brains of a criminal gang consisting of two brothers and one of their wives. After consulting a doctor about her headaches and given the bad news that she could go blind within the week if she doesn't have this specialty surgery, she moves up their planned heist job. The job is to rob an illegal gambling house that Joan has been frequenting in the process of staking it out. The older brother, Matt, is a bit of a violent and jealous hot head...which ultimately creates problems for everyone including Joan Crawford's character Beth. Beth leaves to have surgery with a specialist...and the separation allows for a lot of things. Her surgeon Dr. Ben Halleck, is not only handsome but good and kind. The two develop a kind of romance and it looks like she might be able to get out of the life and go straight...until the Louisiana police and Matt interfere.
Joan Crawford is wonderful in this film. There is so much ground covered in this film clubs, restaurants, trailer parks, women's prison, hospitals...this film required a lot of extras, who were wonderful. The real scene stealer however is the good doctor Ben Halleck, played by Dennis Morgan and his adorable daughter Susan, Sherry Jackson. Very dramatic with a noir like story, Joan Crawford fans will be thrilled. This isn't Mildred Pierce, but it's still pretty good.
Joan Crawford is wonderful in this film. There is so much ground covered in this film clubs, restaurants, trailer parks, women's prison, hospitals...this film required a lot of extras, who were wonderful. The real scene stealer however is the good doctor Ben Halleck, played by Dennis Morgan and his adorable daughter Susan, Sherry Jackson. Very dramatic with a noir like story, Joan Crawford fans will be thrilled. This isn't Mildred Pierce, but it's still pretty good.