The Reckless Moment
Study of an American family that is nearly dislocated by a blackmailer who has got hold of letters written by the daughter to her lover, since dead in an accident.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Martin Donnelly James Mason
- Lucia Harper Joan Bennett
- Beatrice Harper Geraldine Brooks
- Mr Harper Henry O'neill
- Ted Darby Shepperd Strudwick
- David Harper David Bair
- Nagle Roy Roberts
- [Sybil] Frances Williams
- [desk clerk] Paul E. Burns
- [drummer] Danny Jackson
- [blonde] Claire Carleton
- [gambler] Billy Snyder
- [bartender] Peter Brocco
- [wrestler] Karl Davis
- [girl] Virginia Hunter
- [card player] Joe Palma
- [Mud] Bobby Hyatt
- [Liza] Penny O'connor
- [Dennie] Bruce Gilbert Norman
- [Bridget] Sharon Monaghan
- [newsman] Charles Marsh
- [post office clerk] Harry Harvey
- [post office clerk] Norman Leavitt
- [tall man in queue] Boyd Davis
- [Mrs Feller] Ann Shoemaker
- [drugstore counterman] Everett Glass
- [magazine clerk] Buddy Gorman
- [Mike] Louis Mason
- [receptionist] Pat Barton
- [pawnbroker] Johnny Butler
- [Mrs Loring] Kathryn Card
- [bank guard] Pat O'malley
- [bank official] Charles Evans
- [old lady] Jessie Arnold
- [waitress] Celeste Savoi
- [newsboy] Joe Recht
- [policeman] Mike Mahoney
- [policeman] Glenn Thompson
- [policeman] John Monaghan
- [lieutenant] William Schallert
- [.] Dorothy Phillips
- [.] George Dockstader
- [.] Barry Regan
- [.] Byron Poindexter
- [.] Gail Bonney
- [.] Barbara Hatton
- [.] John Roy
- [.] David Levitt
- [.] Sue Moore
- [.] Charles Jordan
- [.] Kenneth Kendall
- [.] Richard Mickelsen
- [.] Holger Bendixen
- [.] Evelyn Moriarity
- [.] Al Bayne
- [.] Robert Gordon
- [.] Ed Pine
- [.] Jack Baker
- [.] Cosmo Sardo
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Max Ophuls
- [2nd Unit Director] Lawrence Butler
- Assistant Director Earl Bellamy
- [Assistant Director (2nd Unit)] Frederick Briskin
- [Assistant Director (2nd Unit)] Stanley Neufeld
- [Script Supervisor] Frances Mcdowell
- [Script Supervisor] Rose Loewinger
- [Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)] Dorothy Cummings
Production
- ©/Presents Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Produced by Walter Wanger
- [Production Manager] Jack Fier
Writing
- Screen Play by Henry Garson
- Screen Play by Robert W. Soderberg
- Adaption by Mel Dinelli
- Adaption by Robert E. Kent
- Based upon the Ladies Home Journal story Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Photography
- Director of Photography Burnett Guffey
- [Director of Photography (2nd Unit)] Roy W. Seawright
- [Special Effects Camera] Ray Cory
- [Camera Operator] Gert Andersen
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)] Irving Klein
- [Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)] William T. Cline
- [Gaffer] William S. Johnson
- [Gaffer] Paul Seckler
- [Electrician] Harry Manning
- [Grip] Walter Meins
- [Dolly Grip] F. Colstrom
- [Dolly Grip] John Donnelly
Stills
- [Stills] Joe Walters
- [Stills] Eddy Cronenweth
Editing
- Film Editor Gene Havlick
Design
- Art Director Cary Odell
- Set Decorator Frank Tuttle
- [Props] Harry Hopkins
- [Props] Roland Smith
- [Props (2nd Unit)] F. Foster
Costumes
- Gowns by Jean Louis
- [Wardrobe] Henry Helfman
- [Wardrobe] Daisy Jefferson
Make-up
- [Make-up] Newt Jones
- [Hairstylist] Carmen Dirigo
- [Assistant Hairstylist] Ella Perkins
Music
- Musical Score by Hans J. Salter
- Musical Director Morris W. Stoloff
Sound
- Sound Engineer Russell Malmgren
- Sound System Western Electric