The Reckless Moment

"It could happen to so many married women!"

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

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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)

Crew

Gene Havlick

Editor

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

Mel Dinelli

Adaptation

Max Ophüls

Director

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Story

Robert Soderberg

Screenplay

Walter Wanger

Producer

Henry Garson

Screenplay

Hans J. Salter

Original Music Composer

Robert E. Kent

Adaptation

Newt Jones

Makeup Artist

Carmen Dirigo

Hairstylist

Morris Stoloff

Music Director

Russell Malmgren

Sound Engineer

Cary Odell

Art Direction

Earl Bellamy

Assistant Director

Frank Tuttle

Set Decoration

Jean Louis

Costume Designer