A Rage to Live (1965)
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Synopsis of A Rage to Live
This soapy melodrama based on the novel by John O'Hara earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Suzanne Pleshette stars as Grace Caldwell, a newspaper heiress and nymphomaniac whose numerous dalliances threaten to destroy her wealthy Pennsylvania family's image. Taken on a vacation to the Bahamas by her widowed mother Emily (Carmen Mathews), Grace can't resist a tryst with a waiter, which causes Emily a fatal heart attack. Back home, Grace meets a new beau, Sidney Tate (Bradford Dillman) at a Christmas party. The gentlemanly Sidney wins Grace's heart and she marries him, promising to end her sexually wild ways. A few years later, however, Grace sleeps with a construction worker and the resulting scandal when her lover dies in a drunken car wreck leads Sidney to believe that Grace is also having an affair with an old friend, Jack Hollister (Peter Graves). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of A Rage to Live
- Suzanne Pleshette - Grace Caldwell
- Ben Gazzara - Roger Bannon
- Bethel Leslie - Amy Hollister
- Carmen Mathews - Emily Caldwell
- Sarah Marshall - Connie Schoffstall
- Linden Chiles - Brock Caldwell
- George Furth - Paul Reichelderfer
- Frank Maxwell - George Jay
- Bradford Dillman - Sidney Tale
- Peter Graves - Jack Hollister
- James Gregory - Dr. O'Brien
- Ruth White - Mrs. Bannon
- Virginia Christine - Emma
- Mark Goddard - Charlie Jay
- Brett Somers - Jessie Jay
- Director(s):
- Walter E. Grauman
- Writer(s):
- John T. Kelley
- Producer(s):
- Lewis Rachmil
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