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Joan Bennett and James Mason in "The Reckless Moment"
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 25, 2022
Joan Bennett and James Mason in "The Reckless Moment"
Max Ophuls, a renowned German director who only made four films in the United States, directed The Reckless Moment (1949). It starred Joan Bennett and James Mason. It was only Mason’s third American film. The film is bas read more
“The Reckless Moment”—an overlooked film noir gem
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Apr 5, 2020
“The Reckless Moment”—an overlooked film noir gem
Max Ophuls, a renowned German director who only made four films in the United States, directed The Reckless Moment (1949). It starred Joan Bennett and James Mason. It was only Mason’s third American film.
The plot involv read more
The Reckless Moment (1949): Max Ophul’s Balboa Island Noir
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 29, 2019
The scene is set. It’s a week before Christmas. We find ourselves in the charming community called Balboa, 50 miles from Los Angeles, and Joan Bennett drives off into the city for very urgent business. She meets an undesirable in a bar, but this is by no means a tryst. She is facing a sleazy read more
The Reckless Moment (1949, Max Ophüls)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 19, 2019
The Reckless Moment is self-indulgent. But in a remarkable way. A remarkable and good way. Director Ophüls and star Joan Bennett both find a way to get at the core of the story, which is a very limited character study of Bennett. The film is occasionally fantastic and sensational—though never melod read more
The Reckless Moment (1949, Max Ophüls)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 19, 2019
The Reckless Moment is self-indulgent. But in a remarkable way. A remarkable and good way. Director Ophüls and star Joan Bennett both find a way to get at the core of the story, which is a very limited character study of Bennett. The film is occasionally fantastic and sensational—though never melod read more
The Reckless Moment (1949, Max Ophüls)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jul 19, 2019
The Reckless Moment is self-indulgent. But in a remarkable way. A remarkable and good way. Director Ophüls and star Joan Bennett both find a way to get at the core of the story, which is a very limited character study of Bennett. The film is occasionally fantastic and sensational—though never melod read more
The Reckless Moment (1949, Max Ophüls)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jul 19, 2019
The Reckless Moment is self-indulgent. But in a remarkable way. A remarkable and good way. Director Ophüls and star Joan Bennett both find a way to get at the core of the story, which is a very limited character study of Bennett. The film is occasionally fantastic and sensational—though never melod read more
THE RECKLESS MOMENT ( 1949 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on May 17, 2015
A daughter’s reckless moment wreaks emotional havoc on her mother in Max Ophüls‘ “THE RECKLESS MOMENT.“ Even blackmail has a silver lining. Joan Bennett plays the incredibly taut mother who must deal with blackmail…and a dead body. It’s interesting to read more
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 28, 2014
The Reckless Moment Directed by Max Ophüls Written by Mel Dinelli, Sidney Garson, et al from the Ladies Home Journal story “The Blank Wall” 1949/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Korean import DVD #226 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The List introduced me to thi read more
The Reckless Moment (1949) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 26, 2013
Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) is a middle-class wife and mother who lives in the idealistic commnity of Balboa, California, about 50 miles from Los Angeles.
As the film begins, a narrator tells us that Lucia drove into LA about a year ago. In a flashback of this trip, we see her meet a sleazy scoundre read more
THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) (1)
Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on May 4, 2009
Joan Bennett plays Lucia Harper in The Reckless Moment, all-American wife and mother in a small California seaside town. As the story opens, a lowlife named Darby gets his greasy hooks into Lucia’s gullible daughter Bea, a student at an L.A. art school. When Lucia warns him to keep away he off read more