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...