Les Désemparés (1949)
The Reckless Moment
Réalisateur : Max Ophüls
Scénaristes : Henry Garson, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Robert Soderberg
82 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Walter Wanger Productions
Synopsis
Son mari étant sans cesse en déplacement, Lucia Harper vit avec ses deux enfants chez son beau-père. Sa fille Béatrice s'éprend d'un homme peu recommandable, Ted Darby. Cette relation inquiète, à juste titre, Lucia qui veut y mettre fin. Après une rencontre entre Béatrice et Darby, Lucia retrouve Darby mort. Pour protéger sa fille, elle fait disparaitre le corps et devient alors la proie d'un maître chanteur, Martin Donnelly…
- James Mason - Martin Donnelly
- Joan Bennett - Lucia Harper
- Geraldine Brooks - Bea Harper
- Henry O'Neill - Tom Harper
- Shepperd Strudwick - Ted Darby
- David Bair - David Harper
- Roy Roberts - Nagel
- Jessie Arnold - Old Lady (uncredited)
- Al Bain - Man (uncredited)
- Jack Baker - Man (uncredited)
- Pat Barton - Receptionist (uncredited)
- Holger Bendixen - Man (uncredited)
- Gail Bonney - Woman (uncredited)
- Chet Brandenburg - Department Store Customer (uncredited)
- Peter Brocco - Pete the Bartender (uncredited)
- Paul E. Burns - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- John Butler - Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- Kathryn Card - Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
- Claire Carleton - Woman (uncredited)
- Boyd Davis - Tall Man in Post Office (uncredited)
- Karl 'Killer' Davis - Wrestler (uncredited)
- George Dockstader - Man (uncredited)
- Charles Evans - Bank Official (uncredited)
- Charles Ferguson - Policeman (uncredited)
- Everett Glass - Drug Clerk (uncredited)
- Robert Gordon - Man (uncredited)
- Buddy Gorman - Magazine Clerk (uncredited)
- Harry Harvey - Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
- Virginia Hunter - Girl (uncredited)
- Danny Jackson - Drummer (uncredited)
- Charles Jordan - Man (uncredited)
- Kenneth Kendall - Man (uncredited)
- Norman Leavitt - Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)
- David Levitt - Man (uncredited)
- Mike Mahoney - Policeman (uncredited)
- Charles Marsh - Bob (Newsper Vendor) (uncredited)
- Louis Mason - Mike (uncredited)
- Richard Mickelson - Man (uncredited)
- John Monaghan - Policeman (uncredited)
- Sue Moore - Woman (uncredited)
- Evelyn Moriarty - Woman (uncredited)
- Pat O'Malley - Bank Guard (uncredited)
- Joe Palma - Card Player (uncredited)
- Dorothy Phillips - Woman (uncredited)
- Joe Ploski - Clerk in Bus Depot (uncredited)
- Byron Poindexter - Man (uncredited)
- Joe Recht - Newsboy (uncredited)
- Barry Regan - Man (uncredited)
- John Roy - Man (uncredited)
- Cosmo Sardo - Man (uncredited)
- Celeste Savoi - Waitress (uncredited)
- William Schallert - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Ann Shoemaker - Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
- Billy Snyder - Gambler (uncredited)
- Glenn Thompson - Policeman (uncredited)
- Frances E. Williams - Sybil (uncredited)
- Harry Wilson - Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
