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Release year: 1952

Storyline

A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to have a change of heart.

Top credits

Directors

Felix E. Feist

Writers

Cast

Joan Crawford — Beth Austin
Dennis Morgan — Dr. Ben Halleck
David Brian — Matt Jackson
Richard Webb — James A. Franklin

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Did you know

• When summing up the film in the New York Times, Howard Thompson, the film critic known for his one line reviews, simply stated: "This picture is trash." Joan Crawford told the audience at the Town Hall "Legendary Ladies" show in 1972 that she considered this her worst film.

• The Burbank "mobile home park" seen early in this film was later used as a location for the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vehicle The Long, Long Trailer (1954).

• Warner Bros. studio head Jack Warner Jack L. Warner offered Joan Crawford this role, hoping his expensive star, whose box office appeal was declining, would refuse it, allowing him to put her on suspension. Dennis Morgan, her co-star, was in the same position. They both accepted, much to Warner's surprise. However, after completing this film, Crawford negotiated an end to her contract and would not make another film at the studio until What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).