- Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson
- Directors: Lewis Milestone
- Writers: John Patrick, Robert Riskin, Robert Rossen
- Producers: Hal B. Wallis
- Classification: PG
- VHS Release Date: 24 Nov 2003
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000DZRLC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 31,811 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Fate drew them together … and only fate could part them!
Heiress Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and Walter O’Neill (Kirk Douglas in his film debut) are hiding a dark secret that has been haunting them since childhood. However, despite their past, things are going very well for them and are highly prominent and respected citizens in town. But could their position of wealth and be under threat from an unexpected source, the return of old friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin)? The danger is that he knows too much about their past, can they trust him, should they further involve him in their web of deceit and corruption … or should he be added to the list? After all, they have nothing to lose …
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This has the classic elements of an interesting, enjoyable 1940s film noir, with the hero oscillating between two heroines, who appear in moral disguise. Barbara Stanwyck is wonderfully two-faced; Kirk Douglas puts in an amazingly assured first film appearance as her drunk husband; and Miklos Rozsa's score manages to underline the drama at the same time as commenting coolly on it.
BUT this DVD is taken from a very poor quality print, with blurred picture and crackling, hazy sound. I regret buying it, and wish I'd waited for someone to release a digitally remastered version.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
when you read the commentary's about this movie, you'll notice how dissapointed people are about the poor print on dvd.
these commentary's are the same for all the prints listed here on amazon, because they correspond to the title only and not to a specific dvd release.
there is one release though wich has a very good quality of image and sound:
look for the cover in blue with a staircase in the left corner. at the top it reads: full screen (paramount dvd) collection.
the title is written in yellow.
you wont be dissapointed with this one.
enjoy !!
these commentary's are the same for all the prints listed here on amazon, because they correspond to the title only and not to a specific dvd release.
there is one release though wich has a very good quality of image and sound:
look for the cover in blue with a staircase in the left corner. at the top it reads: full screen (paramount dvd) collection.
the title is written in yellow.
you wont be dissapointed with this one.
enjoy !!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Let me start by saying that the film is quite a good one and although is not a masterpiece is quite an enjoyable one. Stanwyck is at her best and as we reach the climax the more interesting the film gets. BUT the DVD is a very poor copy that you don't expect a TV station to show. The brightness changes throughout the film. Every possible thing that can make you say it's a bad copy is here. I don't have any picture that I recorded from TV as bad as this one. And this one is digital!
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Poor cat!
Three teenage children are in the large posh house in Iverstown on the night that Judith Anderson (Mrs Ivers) is killed by a blow to the head. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Alex da Silva
best print
This is the best print on dvd issued by paramount 'full screen collection' not issued in uk.
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by thomas
The Rain That Never Stops
It's pouring rain as this dark noir melodrama opens, and after the night is over, it will always be raining for Martha Ivers. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2005 by "starlighthotel"
Another Stanwyck ultra-vixen destroying people's lives
If you check out the film noir classic "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" because it is Kirk Douglas's first film, then you are going to be surprised that the character he plays is... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2003
Bide your time
Let's face it, this is not one of Lewis Milestone's best pictures, but is has its qualities, not least in the fullblown romantic scale, quite overdone, but there you have it. Read more
Published on 28 April 2003 by Michael Bo
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