A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

Bette Davis
as Charlotte Vale

Paul Henreid
as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Duvaux Durrance

Claude Rains
as Dr. Jaquith

Gladys Cooper
as Mrs. Henry Vale

Bonita Granville
as June Vale

John Loder
as Elliot Livingston

Ilka Chase
as Lisa Vale

Lee Patrick
as Deb McIntyre

Franklin Pangborn
as Mr. Thompson

Katharine Alexander
as Miss Trask
CinemaSerf
Bette Davis at her best took some beating, and here is one such an example. Together with expertly delivered performances from Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper we are presented with an emotional roller-coaster of a film. Davis starts as the hen-pecked daughter of Cooper, until she encounters Rains' "D...