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Payment on Demand (1951)

Payment on Demand poster
Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy couple's marriage unravels as the wife learns her husband wants a divorce. The story shows their relationship from the hopeful beginning to the bitter end.

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What happens

Payment on Demand is a 1951 American drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Bette Davis and Barry Sullivan. The screenplay by Bernhardt and Bruce Manning chronicles a marriage from its idealistic early days to its dissolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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