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In The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, relationships formed in childhood lead to murder and obsessive love. The wealthy Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is the prime mover of the small Pennsylvania town of Iverston. Martha lives in a huge mansion with her DA husband, Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), an alcoholic weakling. No one knows just why Martha and Walter tolerate one another....but Sam Masterson (Van Heflin), an Iverstown boy who returns to town, may just have a clue. At least that's what Martha thinks when Sam asks Walter to intervene in the case of Toni Marachek (Lizabeth Scott), who has been unjustly imprisoned. It seems that, as a young boy, Sam was in the vicinity when Martha's rich aunt (Judith Anderson) met with her untimely demise. What does Sam know? And what dark, horrible secret binds Martha and Walter together? Directed by Lewis Milestone, and based on John Patrick's Oscar-nominated original story, Love Lies Bleeding, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers creates in Martha a unique and interesting, driven, obsessed, and spoiled character, but one not without sympathy. Barbara Stanwyck is outstanding as Martha, with her predatory smile and sharp, manicured nails. Kirk Douglas is surprisingly convincing as a lost, sad, weak man, who loves his wife, but is unable to gain her respect. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers eventually lapsed into public domain and became a ubiquitous presence on cable television.~Hal Erickson
Director
Lewis Milestone
Writers
John Patrick
Robert Riskin
Robert Rossen
Cast
Barbara StanwyckMartha Ivers
Roman BohnenMr. O'Neil
Van HeflinSam Masterson
Charles D. BrownSpecial Investigator
Lizabeth ScottToni Marachek
Ann DoranBobbi St. John
Kirk DouglasWalter O'Neil
Judith AndersonMrs. Ivers
Darryl HickmanSam Masterson as a Boy
James FlavinDetective No. I
Frank OrthHotel Clerk
Tommy Ryan
Janis WilsonMaftha Ivers, as a girl
Billy Burt
Tom Schamp
Mickey KuhnWalter O'Neil, as a boy
Matt McHughBus Driver
Catherine CraigFrench Maid
Sayre DearingCrap Shooter
Max Wagner2nd Detective
Tom FaddenTaxi Driver
Gladden JamesJohn O. Butler
Bert RoachMan
John G. KelloggDetective
Al MurphyWaiter
Kay DeslysJail Matron
Bob PerryBartender
Blake EdwardsSailor
Betty HillWaitress
Kernan CrippsPoliceman
Walter S. BaldwinDempsey the Garage Owner
Robert E. HomansPoliceman
Olin HowlandNewspaper Clerk
Tom DillonDetective
Crew
Hal B. WallisProducer
John PatrickScreen Story
Victor MilnerCinematographer
Miklos RozsaComposer (Music Score)
Miklos RozsaSongwriter
Archie MarshekEditor
Hans DreierArt Director
John MeehanArt Director
Sam ComerSet Designer
Edith HeadCostume Designer
Harold LewisSound/Sound Designer
Farciot EdouartSpecial Effects
Wally WestmoreMakeup
Details
Genre
Drama
Subgenre
Psychological Drama,Film Noir,Melodrama,Crime Drama
The DVD was damaged. It was a gift so by the time I knew that it was defective it was too late to return. I repurchased the item and I hope that it is not defective.