The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Drama, Romance · 1946Unrated

No one's as good as Barbara Stanwyck when she is "bad" - and the Double Indemnity star gives an equally chilling performance opposite rugged Van Heflin and dynamic Kirk Douglas (making his feature-film debut) in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. Three youths - Martha, Walter and Sam - are forever bound together by a terrible secret. Decades later, Martha (Stanwyck) and Walter (Douglas) are now married - she's a wealthy, successful industrialist; he's a popular, ambitious District Attorney. But when Sam (Heflin) unexpectedly drifts back into town and into their lives, tensions rise. Is he simply back for a visit... or is he looking for a payoff to keep their awful secret buried? Lizabeth Scott is the troubled girl who finds herself drawn into Sam's life - and the mysterious relationship he shares with Martha and Walter. Love never dies... even when it's The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.

Starring

Lewis Milestone, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Archie Marshek, Lizabeth Scott, Hal B. Wallis, Kirk Douglas, Edith Head, Edith Head, Judith Anderson, Miklós Rózsa

Director

Lewis Milestone