Directed by:
Alexander SingerScreenplay:
Marguerite RobertsCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, Hugh O'Brian, Ruth Roman, Stefanie Powers, Virginia Grey, Enrique Lucero, Fanny Schiller, René Dupeyrón, Carlos MontalbánVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Repeated infidelities and an unexplained death set the stage for this glossy soap opera. Kit Jordan (Lana Turner) is a wealthy woman slipping into middle age who likes attractive men and isn't averse to the notion of paying for their company. Her husband Pete (Cliff Robertson) is a one-time gigolo whom Kit met on the beach of the ocean side community in Acapulco she calls home. Neither are much on fidelity, and Pete sometimes has mistresses just as Kit has her boy-toys whom she meets in much the same way as she met him. One day, a dead body washes up to the shore wearing a bracelet with the inscription "Love Is Thin Ice." It turns out that the man was one of Kit's many former boyfriends, and the police are not sure if the death was an accident, suicide, or possibly murder -- with the Jordans as suspects. Carol Lambert (Stefanie Powers), the dead man's sister, arrives in town to get to the bottom of her brother's death, but she falls into a fling with Pete. Meanwhile, Hank (Hugh O'Brien), another beach bum, has been dallying with rich widow Margot Eliot (Ruth Roman), but with Pete getting more serious about Carol, he begins to think that Kit might be a more lucrative target for his affections. As the police step up their investigation of the death, the parties involved begin to realize that they're all going to have to settle on one partner, once and for all. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Cliff Robertson
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Midway (1976)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Hugh O'Brian
USA
Best movies:
White Feather (1955)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
D.O.A. (1949)
Ruth Roman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Stefanie Powers
USA
Best movies:
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
If a Man Answers (1962)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
Virginia Grey
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Enrique Lucero
Mexico
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Fanny Schiller
Mexico
Best movies:
The Black Scorpion (1957)
Comanche (1956)
René Dupeyrón
Best movies:
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Carlos Montalbán
Mexico
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Bananas (1971)