Bad for Each Other (1953)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1953-12-24
Director: Irving Rapper
Writers: Irving Wallace , Horace McCoy
Language: English
Stars: Charlton Heston , Lizabeth Scott , Dianne Foster , Mildred Dunnock , Arthur Franz , Ray Collins , Marjorie Rambeau , Lester Matthews (1900–1975) , Rhys Williams , Lydia Clarke
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ambição que Mata (Brazil) , Bad for Each Other (Canada) , Bad for Each Other (United Kingdom) , Eeuwige vijanden (Belgium) , Lontano dalle stelle (Italy) , Com a Vossa Vida nas Mãos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Bad for Each Other , Malo para todos (Spain) , Más allá de las estrellas (Venezuela) , En la encrucijada (Spain) , Eternels Ennemis (France, French Republic) , Scalpel (United States of America) , Éternels ennemis (Belgium) , Bad for Each Other (United States of America) , El avaro (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of)
Plot: There is no way to write a "spoiler"---is there actually somebody somewhere who, ten minutes into this 1950's film, wouldn't know where it is going and will end up---since it is a strictly written-by-the-numbers corruption and redemption meller that finds: number 1, a doctor returns from the Korean War to his Pennsylvania mining hometown, (and 2) must choose between dedicating himself to treating the suffering poor (or 3) build himself a swank office and get rich by flattering wealthy women with imaginary ailments. Throw in elements no. 5,Lizabeth Scott as a rich, spoiled, twice-divorced woman with a lip stiffer than his, and number 6, Dianne Foster as a nurse bent on helping all mankind, and there are no surprises left, especially if one take note of the name of Irving Wallace among the writers, the title and Scott billed above Foster. The only surprise here is that this film wasn't from Universal-International and directed by Douglas Sirk.
IMDB:tt0045534