The Reckless Moment

It could happen to so many married women!

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Drama Thriller

James Mason

(Martin Donnelly)

Joan Bennett

(Lucia Harper)

Geraldine Brooks

(Bea Harper)

Henry O'Neill

(Tom Harper)

Shepperd Strudwick

(Ted Darby)

David Bair

(David Harper)

Roy Roberts

(Nagel)

Jessie Arnold

(Old Lady (uncredited))

Al Bain

(Man (uncredited))

Jack Baker

(Man (uncredited))

Pat Barton

(Receptionist (uncredited))

Holger Bendixen

(Man (uncredited))

Gail Bonney

(Woman (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Department Store Customer (uncredited))

Peter Brocco

(Pete the Bartender (uncredited))

Paul E. Burns

(Desk Clerk (uncredited))

John Butler

(Pawnbroker (uncredited))

Kathryn Card

(Mrs. Loring (uncredited))

Claire Carleton

(Woman (uncredited))

Boyd Davis

(Tall Man in Post Office (uncredited))

Karl 'Killer' Davis

(Wrestler (uncredited))

George Dockstader

(Man (uncredited))

Charles Evans

(Bank Official (uncredited))

Charles Ferguson

(Policeman (uncredited))

Everett Glass

(Drug Clerk (uncredited))

Robert Gordon

(Man (uncredited))

Buddy Gorman

(Magazine Clerk (uncredited))

Harry Harvey

(Post Office Clerk (uncredited))

Virginia Hunter

(Girl (uncredited))

Danny Jackson

(Drummer (uncredited))

Charles Jordan

(Man (uncredited))

Kenneth Kendall

(Man (uncredited))

Norman Leavitt

(Second Postal Clerk (uncredited))

David Levitt

(Man (uncredited))

Mike Mahoney

(Policeman (uncredited))

Charles Marsh

(Bob (Newsper Vendor) (uncredited))

Louis Mason

(Mike (uncredited))

Richard Mickelson

(Man (uncredited))

John Monaghan

(Policeman (uncredited))

Sue Moore

(Woman (uncredited))

Evelyn Moriarty

(Woman (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Bank Guard (uncredited))

Joe Palma

(Card Player (uncredited))

Dorothy Phillips

(Woman (uncredited))

Joe Ploski

(Clerk in Bus Depot (uncredited))

Byron Poindexter

(Man (uncredited))

Joe Recht

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Barry Regan

(Man (uncredited))

John Roy

(Man (uncredited))

Cosmo Sardo

(Man (uncredited))

Celeste Savoi

(Waitress (uncredited))

William Schallert

(Police Lieutenant (uncredited))

Ann Shoemaker

(Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited))

Billy Snyder

(Gambler (uncredited))

Glenn Thompson

(Policeman (uncredited))

Frances E. Williams

(Sybil (uncredited))

Harry Wilson

(Man in Bus Depot (uncredited))