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This soapy melodrama based on the novel by John O'Hara earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Suzanne Pleshette stars as Grace Caldwell, a newspaper heiress and nymphomaniac whose numerous dalliances threaten to destroy her wealthy Pennsylvania family's image. Taken on a vacation to the Bahamas by her widowed mother Emily (Carmen Mathews), Grace can't resist a tryst with a waiter, which causes Emily a fatal heart attack. Back home, Grace meets a new beau, Sidney Tate (Bradford Dillman) at a Christmas party. The gentlemanly Sidney wins Grace's heart and she marries him, promising to end her sexually wild ways. A few years later, however, Grace sleeps with a construction worker and the resulting scandal when her lover dies in a drunken car wreck leads Sidney to believe that Grace is also having an affair with an old friend, Jack Hollister (Peter Graves).
Original Release
10/20/1965
US Release
10/20/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Suzanne Pleshette | Grace Caldwell Tate |
Bradford Dillman | Sidney Tate |
Ben Gazzara | Roger Bannon |
Peter Graves | Jack Hollister |
Bethel Leslie | Amy Hollister |
Carmen Mathews | Emily Caldwell |
Linden Chiles | Brock Caldwell |
James Gregory | Dr. O'Brien |
Ruth White | Mrs. Bannon |
Sarah Marshall | Connie |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Suzanne Pleshette | Grace Caldwell Tate |
Bradford Dillman | Sidney Tate |
Ben Gazzara | Roger Bannon |
Peter Graves | Jack Hollister |
Bethel Leslie | Amy Hollister |
Carmen Mathews | Emily Caldwell |
Linden Chiles | Brock Caldwell |
James Gregory | Dr. O'Brien |
Ruth White | Mrs. Bannon |
Sarah Marshall | Connie |
George Furth | Paul Rutherford |
Virginia Christine | Emma |
Eddie Baker | Restaurant Patron |
Al Beaudine | Restaurant Patron |
Paul Bradley | Restaurant Patron |
Dick Cherney | Restaurant Patron |
Aneta Corsaut | Mary |
George DeNormand | Restaurant Patron |
Ed Haskett | Restaurant Patron |
Joseph La Cava | Waiter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lewis J. Rachmil | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1966 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Nominated |