There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man feels trapped in his routine family life. He reconnects with a former female employee and they begin an emotional affair. The story follows the consequences for everyone involved.

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What happens

There's Always Tomorrow is a 1956 American romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay by Bernard C. Schoenfeld was adapted from the novel of the same name by Ursula Parrott. The plot concerns a man's unhappiness with his domestic life and romantic relationship with a former employee. The film was produced by Ross Hunter for Universal Pictures, which had also produced the 1934 adaptation of Parrott's novel. It was released in the United States on January 8, 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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