
His loves...his world---both past and present---and the crisis they caused!
1956 2 hours 33 minutesTom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.














12th April 1956
70 years ago
2 hours 33 minutes
Finishes at 7:02am
$2,600,000 ($25,269,920 today)
Revenue $8,800,000



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