This hard-hitting, fact-based drama was filmed on location in the actual Synanon House in Santa Monica. Academy Award winner Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor, 1954, The Barefoot Contessa) stars as a reformed alcoholic who began the facility to help other addicts of all kinds, and who coined the famous phrase "today is the first day of the rest of your life." An outstanding cast Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens, Richard Conte, Alex Cor