Bad for Each Other

Bad for Each Other (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1953 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Irving Rapper

Written By:
Irving Wallace
Horace McCoy

Actors:
Charlton Heston ..... Dr. Tom Owen
Lizabeth Scott ..... Helen Curtis
Dianne Foster ..... Joan Lasher
Mildred Dunnock ..... Mrs. Mary Owen
Arthur Franz ..... Dr. Jim Crowley
Ray Collins ..... Dan Reasonover
Marjorie Rambeau ..... Mrs. Roger Nelson
Lester Matthews ..... Dr. Homer Gleeson
Rhys Williams ..... Dr. Leslie M. Scobee
Lydia Clarke ..... Rita Thornburg
Chris Alcaide ..... Pete Olzoneski
Robert Keys ..... Joe Marzano
Frank Sully ..... Tippy Kashko, Townsman
Ann Robinson ..... Lucille Grellett
Dorothy Green ..... Ada Nicoletti

Synopsis:

The film Bad For Each Other, together with stars Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott and director Irving Rapper, were originally assembled into a package by producer Hal Wallis for Paramount. Shortly thereafter, however, Wallis found it expedient to sell the whole package to Columbia, though the film still has the "look" of a Paramount "A"-picture. Heston plays poor-but-proud Army doctor Tom Owen, who through the influence of Pittsburgh socialite Helen Curtis (Lizabeth Scott) builds up a posh society practice. Though he's happy with the money and prestige, Dr. Owen is at heart a man of the people, and he'd much prefer tending to the families of the local steel miners. During a moment of extreme crisis, Owen is forced to choose immediately between the life offered him by Helen and the course he knows he should be following. Dianne Foster plays Joan Lasher, the girl Owen left behind when he began pursuing the ice-princess.

There is no way to write a "spoiler"---is there actually somebody somewhere who, ten minutes into this 1950's film, wouldn't know where it is going and will end up---since it is a strictly written-by-the-numbers corruption and redemption meller that finds: number 1, a doctor returns from the Korean War to his Pennsylvania mining hometown, (and 2) must choose between dedicating himself to treating the suffering poor (or 3) build himself a swank office and get rich by flattering wealthy women with imaginary ailments. Throw in elements no. 5,Lizabeth Scott as a rich, spoiled, twice-divorced woman with a lip stiffer than his, and number 6, Dianne Foster as a nurse bent on helping all mankind, and there are no surprises left, especially if one take note of the name of Irving Wallace among the writers, the title and Scott billed above Foster. The only surprise here is that this film wasn't from Universal-International and directed by Douglas Sirk.

A doctor returning from the Korean War to his hometown in Pennsylvania must choose what next to do with his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 11 May, 2015.

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