Unwed Mother
Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant. After visiting a drunken abortionist, she decides to give the baby up for adoption, but has a change of heart. The climax is a classic of melodrama from a master of melodrama, Walter Doniger, director of TV's "Peyton Place."
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant. After visiting a drunken abortionist, she decides to give the baby up for adoption, but has a change of heart. The climax is a classic of melodrama from a master of melodrama, Walter Doniger, director of TV's "Peyton Place."
Top credits
Norma Moore — Betty Miller
Robert Vaughn — Don Bigelow
Diana Darrin — Diana
Billie Bird — Gertie
Did you know
• According to Robert Vaughn in his memoirs, "A Fortunate Life", Timothy Carey, who played an abortionist, arrived on the set with a black medical bag from which he took several nasty looking tools, such as knives and hammers, which he intended to use during his scene. .However, director Walter Doniger threatened to fire Carey if he attempted to use them, so they remained in the bag.
• Final film of Barbara Cowan.
User reviews
Like a low-budget version of "Room at the Top".
What A Stinker Vaughn Is
Weak But Still Kind of Fun
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
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