The Reckless Moment

1949 · 82 min · dir. Max Ophüls

The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American noir melodrama film directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by Columbia Pictures with Burnett Guffey as cinematographer. It starred James Mason and Joan Bennett. The film is based on The Blank Wall (1947), a novel written by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. The 2001 film The Deep End is a remake based on the same source material. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.