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Release year: 1957

Storyline

Unhappy about the appointment of an army general to the chairmanship of an atomic energy committee, a publishing empire female tycoon invites the general to her country estate in an effort to entrap him and ruin his reputation.

Top credits

Directors

H.C. Potter

Writers

Cast

Susan Hayward — Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
Kirk Douglas — Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Paul Stewart — Phil Bentley
Jim Backus — Col. Homer W. Gooch

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Did you know

• Under the title "Melville Goodwin, USA", the film was to star Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall - both of whom had already filmed costume and makeup tests in 1956 - but Bogart's terminal illness forced his withdrawal from the project. He was replaced by Kirk Douglas. Bacall withdrew shortly afterward, opting instead to remain at home with her husband until his death in 1957, and was replaced by Susan Hayward.

• General Goodwin tells Dottie that he's 6 feet tall, but Kirk Douglas was really 5' 9".

• The Peale mansion depicted in this film once belonged to the automotive businessman E. L. Cord (1894-1974) of Auburn automobile fame. Built in 1933, it was called "Cordhaven". The house in Beverly Hills was near the Greystone Mansion that is still often used in movies, and covered 32,000 square feet with 16 bedrooms and 22 bathrooms. It was demolished in 1963 and the estate was divided into 13 separate lots. Present-day Cord Circle off Doheny Road marks the location of the estate.