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        The Reckless Moment 12 rating

        Joan Bennett and James Mason become entangled in a web of secrets and unexpected attraction Max Ophüls masterful domestic noir.

        Film noir 1949 82 mins

        Director: Max Ophuls

        CC

        Overview

        Max Ophüls classic noir-melodrama star’s Joan Bennett as a woman whose quiet life is shattered when her daughter’s lover is found dead. Desperate to protect her family, she covers up the incident only to face a blackmailer (James Mason), who holds incriminating letters. As tensions mount and danger closes in, she must risk everything in a gripping battle of secrets and unexpected attraction.

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