The Reckless Moment Page #2

Synopsis: In the charming community of Balboa 50 miles from Los Angeles, middle-class housewife Lucia Harper travels to Los Angeles to meet scoundrel, Ted Darby. Her seventeen year-old daughter Beatrice is in love with Ted. He asks for money to leave Bea, but Lucia refuses to give any. Bea does not believe her mother when told and during the night she sneaks out to the boat garage to meet Ted who admits that Lucia told the truth. Bea pushes him and Ted falls to his on an anchor. The next morning, Lucia finds the body and assumes that Bea has killed her lover. She decides to get rid of the corpse and puts it in her boat and dumps it far from home. When the police find Ted, a stranger, Martin Donnelly, visits Lucia to blackmail her on behalf of his partner, Nagel who has several letters Bea had written to Ted. Donnelly wants $5000 for the letters. The desperate Lucia tries to raise the amount. Martin falls in love with Lucia and tries to help her too. The dangerous Nagel wants to receive the amoun
Director(s): Max Ophüls
Production: Universal
 
IMDB:
7.2
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Year:
1949
82 min
176 Views


all alone.

If you were here

get rid of this beast. "

"Dear Tom:

With all things

around the phone ...

I can not say ...

how I love you. "

Ted.

- Where are you?

- Here. In the shed.

- Where

- Here, Bea.

- Where?

- Here.

- Do not see you.

- Here.

Bea?

When he returned home

was furious.

He said he had to

promise not to see you again ...

Do not want to know ... me

they just want money.

What if you paid

would never see me.

Is that right?

The truth, Bea ...

I'm desperate ...

to get money.

No.

- What a horrible thing.

- Look ...

If your mother ... gives me money

not mean ...

- ... Do not see you again.

- Me Loose. Out.

But. Bea does not mean ...

Bea, you do not understand.

Bea?

Bea.

Bea, Where were you?

What happened?

I heard a noise.

Who was it?

Who was it?

Who did you see?

It was Ted.

Mom, you were right. I know ...

Alright.

Tell me what happened.

I was in the attic ...

He said that only

cares about money.

- I hate it.

- Honey, Where is he now?

I do not know.

Sobe. I'll be back.

- Can I help you, Mrs. Harper?

- No, thank you, Sybil.

- Was there?

- No, I was.

Mom should not

I called you.

Do not wanna talk about it. Ended.

Go to sleep.

Come on, Bea.

It was horrible.

- I did not want to go through that again.

- No need.

I promise.

Put a bag of water

hot. Will help you sleep.

- What are these races, Lucia?

- Nothing. Bea is not well.

I'm growing.

I need sleep.

Go back to bed, David.

He said to go back to bed.

Mommy, can I have some

pie and chocolate?

Good night, David.

Good day, Mrs. Harper.

- Good day, Sybil.

- You're up early.

- I could not sleep.

- I serve coffee?

No thanks. Go back to bed.

I'll take a walk.

Yes, ma'am.

Mom, you should not go out on the boat.

Why not?

Not yet put

new sails;

Sure, I bought with

my money and I should 55 cents.

I'll pay. Lowers the cuffs

and closes the jacket, David.

- It could have been without motor.

- Did not happen, do not worry.

I'll put the candles right now.

- How is he left at dawn?

- Dad ...

- More coffee, Mr. Harper?

- Sybil, knows that I drink tea.

Lucia, risked

that boat too.

I think David

're disassembling the engine.

Probably put

almost everything in the car.

It could have been adrift.

- Ms. Harper ...

- Yes?

I want to add something on the list

purchase we made yesterday.

You are here.

Me.

I know. Pocketed

not to forget like last time.

Yes.

Mom. the anchor was

on the boat this morning?

- I do not know.

- Someone stole.

- Who would steal an anchor?

- I do not know, but yesterday was

- If Mom did not.

- Gives the same, David, will buy another.

- Bea?

- Yes, mom, good morning.

Bea, I have to talk to you.

- David and grandfather know ...

- No, do not wanna talk about it.

Bea told someone

Darby was dating Ted.

- No.

- Good

As I let myself cheat

for this type?

Enough, Bea, I know how you feel ..

But ... do not have to talk

ill of him, or him, to anyone.

Nor should mention

his name ... get it?

- Nobody knows who knew him.

- Bea.

Something of yesterday ...

do not tell me?

No, nothing.

- Are you sure?

- Yes

- Scroll down for coffee

- There comes?

Coming.

Lucia, we have to see more.

- ... During the holidays.

- Madam, could ...?

- Try.

- My daughter will return tomorrow.

The college ... and I know

Beatriz want to see.

- We think the same.

- We can not have it so.

- Beatriz always wanted.

- I know.

What? I did

best I could.

Okay, lady.

but the best is not enough.

What I want this

office is action, not philosophy.

Take a look.

A stirring.

- Lucia, do not think that is right?

- I think he does not know. Catherine.

Take rope that table,

at the window.

- What happened?

- An art dealer murdered.

- What do you think? A murder

- Seals of three cents, please.

- Here they are.

- A murder? Where?

- Across the road.

- A murder here in Balboa.

- The next day.

- Who was he?

A man named Darby.

Whatever this letter?

- For Berlin. How much?

- I regret that.

Has adhesive paper in this office?

They say they did that?

No, but they know something.

They know everything that Darby.

Here is your change.

- Gimme a.

- Here you go, Mrs. Harper.

Beautiful tree.

Already prepared for Christmas.

- What did you say?

- What has already prepared Christmas.

FOUND MURDERED:

Stabbed in the back

AND ABANDONED IN MARGIN

EX ART DEALER DARBY

Sybil, the tree is in the car.

Want to tell David or

Mr Harper to bring?

- Yes, ma'am. A person waiting.

- Who?

One such gentleman Donely.

Donely?

Yes?

I hope Mrs. Harper.

I'm Mrs. Harper.

My name is Martin Donely.

I want to talk to you.

About which

It?

Will want this, Mrs Harper.

What is it?

Letters.

Do not know what you're talking about.

Are letters he wrote

his daughter to Ted Darby.

The price is

$ 5000.

"Ted, dear ...

Was not alive ...

until I met you ...

But you got ...

like a fresh breeze ...

Ted, I do not know if

do what you asked me yesterday "

I ask you to go

Mr. Donely.

Whether you call the police?

I instead

Mrs. Harper would not do that.

"But I feel proud

for asking me ...

And to think ...

who had the courage to do.

Ted, I thought.

I'm not sentimental,

you know ...

But it is hard to break ...

completely with the past. "

- Hello, Mom.

- David!

I'm in a bathrobe. Hello

- This is my son, David.

- Hello

Today I learned a new

song, want to play?

Another time, David.

I'm busy.

This well.

Mama, do not enjoy music.

- Leu murder?

- Yes, David.

Elegant girl, finally something

excited for you.

- Found a corpse.

- Excuse me a moment.

Who? Who is?

A former art dealer.

Ted Darby.

- Give me that.

- What are you doing? Gimme.

Enough!

Now call your friends

artists from Los Angeles ...

And what will ...

happened near his home.

If not us

discontinue, continue.

There has to continue.

Because these letters

mean nothing.

She's only a girl.

Mean nothing.

Mrs. Harper,

seems not to understand.

The recipient of these

letters was murdered.

For police

vai very interesting.

"Ted, dear.'m Hysterical.

The other day I told my mother we

and it was horrible. Does "

How to get it?

Darby wanted

to lend money.

I did not think the cards

were worth something ...

But he could not ...

I offer nothing more ...

So accept ...

until he could afford.

A kind of bail.

You could say that we

Luckily he was murdered.

Because the cards now ...

worth more than the loan.

How would Mr. Nagel:

"You have to sell the shares

when the market is high. "

Mr. Nagel is my partner.

It is a good dealer.

Lucia?

Wherever you place?

This is Mr. Donely,

Tom's office

Know my son?

Fantastic be sent to Berlin?

How are you?

I regret that it can not

stay for dinner.

- It will not stay for dinner?

- No.

Pena.

Sybil made pie kidneys.

But Dad ...

You are very kind

but are waiting for me.

- You're from Oregon, you Donely?

- I was born there.

So we have something in common.

I'm from Boston.

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