Home Before Dark (1958)
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genre
- drama film, film based on a literary work
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman returns home after a stay in a mental institution. She must navigate the suspicions and coldness of her husband and those around her.
tensemelancholicslow-burncharacter-drivenatmosphericemotionally intenserestrained
What happens
Home Before Dark is a 1958 American drama film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The screenplay was written by Eileen and Robert Bassing, based on the novel by Eileen Bassing. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn with music by Jimmy McHugh. The film, and Simmons' performance in particular, attracted positive critical comment. Pauline Kael of the New Yorker wrote, "Jean Simmons gives a reserved, beautifully modulated performance," and film critic Philip French believed it contained "perhaps her finest performance." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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