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The Reckless Moment is a 1949 black-and-white melodrama film directed by Max Ophüls. Burnett Guffey served as the films cinematographer. The film is based upon The Blank Wall, a novel written by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding in 1947. The 2001 film The Deep End is based upon the same text.

The plot concerns Californian housewife Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) who attempts to cover up her daughter's (Geraldine Brooks) accidental murder of an undesirable ex-lover (Shepherd Strudwick). Martin Donnelly (James Mason), a clean-shaven smooth-talker involved in organised crime, discovers the truth and tries to blackmail the family. His intentons are scuppered, however, when he realises his true feelings for Lucia. This was Mason's third U.S. film, after having appeared for director Ophüls in Caught, then Madame Bovary.

Cast

James Mason
as Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett
as Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks as Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill
as Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick as Ted Darby
David Blair as David Harper
Roy Roberts
as Nagel

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