The Reckless Moment Page #3

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
APPROVED
Year:
1949
82 min
159 Views


Do not tell me.

If not staying for dinner,

then serve a drink.

Thank you.

Mom, can I talk

a moment with you?

Yes I can wait.

- You know all about it.

- Not here, Bea.

- He was in prison, Mom.

- I know.

It has nothing to do with you.

- What happened to this man ...

- It is good that he is dead.

Do not say that.

Do not re-tell.

- Mom, something that has not told you.

- Bea ...

... What happened to this man

has nothing to do with you.

No one knows.

Just you and me.

- Stop thinking about it.

- Wait a minute.

I wrote a lot.

Find the letters.

No, they will not find.

- No one will find anything.

- I think not.

- Prepare for dinner, Bea.

- I do not want dinner.

This well.

Then bring something.

This man will stay for dinner?

No, and I hope Dad

do not ask again.

David, be quiet

and dress for dinner.

Sybil is ready to

serving dinner.

- Well ... I al.

- I believe.

Gotta go.

- If we had had the time ...

- Daddy, tell you everything later.

We'll meet again

Mr. Harper.

Mrs. Harper will help me

looking for a house here tomorrow.

Lucia, who took

the newspaper?

I want the result of the fourth

race at Tropical Park.

Gold Admiral. Pays 6-60.

Mr Harper, Caliente on Sunday

in the fifth race winner.

- Are you sure?

- Yes

- Good evening, Mr. Harper.

- Good evening.

I can not see you tomorrow.

Where shall we meet?

You can not come here,

I do not want you in my house.

I do not have to come

if give me the money now.

I need time to think.

- You can talk to your husband?

- No.

- Your father.

- Do not have $ 5,000.

I think a way to get it.

I'll meet you in front of the estate.

Tomorrow. On standing

next to the shopping center.

- At 9 o'clock.

- At 9.30.

Okay, Mrs. Harper.

Good evening.

Bea was stuck in the room

and does not want to go down.

- I know.

- What happens lately with Bea?

The art is

up in the head.

A nice guy.

If Donely calls?

Donely, David. Do not place

so butter.

- Where did you meet him, Tom?

- I do not remember, Dad.

- Tom knows a lot of people.

- In the office of Tom?

I'm not sure.

- What have you got?

- Headache.

David, told

do not put so much butter.

Do not you think you should stand up, Bea?

All are taking

coffee. It's late.

I do not want coffee.

I'm tired of questions.

Say it is not going down.

Come on.

Take a shower and go take

coffee downstairs with others.

I do not want.

Could not go to some

place for a few days?

I do not know, Bea.

Where to go? What would find if

you leave on vacation?

What would you think David and Grandpa?

You can go to Lake Toho ...

Aunt Edna with ... ...

Would be well

and would not think anything.

Please talk to her

see if you can.

Maybe.

Operator?

I want to talk with Lake Toho.

Call staff.

My number?

Talks to whom, Lucia?

Let, operator.

I will not.

I thought we were going to see

in front of the real estate agency.

- Pass 9:
30.

- I'm leaving.

You have to eat something

before leaving.

- I can fix that.

- Neither knew I had horn.

- Ready.

- You understand cars, Mr. Donely.

It was mechanical.

When were difficult to achieve.

David enters

and just coffee.

- Thank you, Lord Donely.

- Sybil, can clean the house.

Come home.

Why did you come here?

The meeting was in town.

I hit it

ASAP.

- Yes

- We'll have to hurry.

- Here they are. I'll take off my car.

- We'll use mine.

- But ...

- We'll use mine.

Have you thought

how to get the money?

Take me to the mall.

I have to make a call.

It is a connection that

I can do from home.

I understand.

- It's bad for your health.

- What?

Smoke heavily.

It will be difficult to go

Los Angeles to get the money.

I promised Dad and David

that would have the car tomorrow.

If using, me asking questions.

I've been to Los Angeles

Once this week.

And that means ... more questions.

Not sure how family

sometimes you exhausted.

No, I do not know.

I need time to think.

I can not get the money as well.

- Hello, Mrs. Harper!

- Hello, Mike.

- I was going to call, ma'am.

- For what?

We have to check the roof

before there is more work.

'll Talk about it

Mr. Harper back.

Alright.

Should have caught my car.

Turn left.

It has less traffic.

Ossp is empty.

My son worked here in

last summer. Worked great.

You do not know what that is, right?

Hamburg sold.

Gathered $ 40.

Never walk away from your family?

No.

But Edna, Bea does not care where

vai sleep while you're here.

It's not hard. Bea is not so.

Edna, I know the house is full

at Christmas, but Bea is not well.

No, not sick,

but I want to leave here.

In February?

No, Edna, you ...

What? Operator?

Wait, Edna.

I need more coins, wait.

I need coins am

in the middle of a conversation.

I think I need another.

"Less nicotine

less tobacco stains "

It's beautiful.

- Sells a lot of it?

- Filters? Many.

It would be easier

if not sell cigarettes.

- You are with Mrs. Harper?

- Yes

- This is yours.

- Thank you.

Of one thing I am sure ...

... If they are two or three

The tubes of toothpaste.

- I do not know.

- Then put three.

I'll take one of those.

- I put in the account

- That I paid.

- Leave.

- Anything else?

Remembered by the ax

my father?

We place?

Yes Here's the change.

And three ... a dollar.

- Ready?

- Yes

Goodbye, Mrs. Harper.

Goodbye, sir ...

Stop here. Yes.

Resolved

something with the phone call?

I did not call for the money.

I have an aunt in Ohio ...

... and wanted to take care

Bea for a while.

Maybe you'll change your mind about

apply in touch with her husband.

Going to do?

No.

I have already spoken.

Can not do it.

- Why?

- It would take weeks to find it.

I did not know she had

places as remote.

Is traveling.

Send a telegram

the boat, or train ...

Whatever we do? That

write saying, "Send me money

They are blackmailing me. "?

My husband will make contact

me as soon as I can.

- I do not think we can wait.

- Will have to do.

Not think raking

money, if it were not so Bea ...

Good ... if she ...

Have to be careful.

Young people dramatize things.

- This case is justified.

- This is ridiculous.

His letters mean nothing.

We know.

Undoubtedly're wanting

that police check.

Just because you think ...

Ali vai police.

They are looking for

who killed Darby.

- If you see these cards.

- On Wednesday, please, sir Donely.

The bank is closed

the weekend. I can not ...

- It is very.

- And the car. I told you.

I can not go by car

the Los Angeles again.

My family distrust.

Unable to return soon.

- Is a prisoner, right?

- I do not feel like one.

On Wednesday, Mr. Donely.

In those years

I'm with Nagel ...

I saw him do ...

many blackmail.

Believe me, Mrs. Harper.

You better treat me.

My partner does not

is as patient as me.

Socio ... I do not think that has a partner.

Alone.

Could recognize that.

No, I am not alone.

All we are concerned with the

too much one way or another.

You have your family,

I have my Nagel.

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