Directed by:
Rudolph MatéScreenplay:
Howard KochCinematography:
Joseph WalkerComposer:
George DuningCast:
Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors, Natalie Wood, John McIntire, Ann Doran, Richard Quine, Jeanette Nolan, Raymond Greenleaf, Lucile Browne (more)Plots(1)
Rudolph Mate directs this sentimental melodrama about a ridiculously self-sacrificing wife based on the book by Ruth Southard and starring a 12-year-old Natalie Wood. Mary Scott (Margaret Sullavan) is pregnant when she finds out that she has terminal cancer with only a few months left to live. She keeps this information a secret from her husband, Brad Scott (Wendell Corey), who is carrying on an affair with his assistant, Chris Radna (Viveca Lindfors). Mary encourages her husband to pursue Chris as a replacement wife and mother after she dies. While on a final vacation with Brad, Mary dies and leaves Chris at home babysitting their daughter, Polly (Natalie Wood). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Margaret Sullavan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505199_3587e9.jpg)
Margaret Sullavan
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
![Wendell Corey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871846_812c5c.jpg)
Wendell Corey
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Search (1948)
The Rainmaker (1956)
![Viveca Lindfors](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/523/163523040_01ec52.png)
Viveca Lindfors
Sweden
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
![Natalie Wood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/833/162833889_32599e.jpg)
Natalie Wood
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
West Side Story (1961)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
![John McIntire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871856_0a0c4d.jpg)
John McIntire
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Westward the Women (1951)
Winchester '73 (1950)
![Ann Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505278_4186c0.jpg)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
![Richard Quine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576478_2ba105.jpg)
Richard Quine
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
![Jeanette Nolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886385_fe841d.jpg)
Jeanette Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Raymond Greenleaf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576485_9fc92b.jpg)
Raymond Greenleaf
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Wild in the Country (1961)
![Lucile Browne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319231_bc598d.jpg)
Lucile Browne
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dead End (1937)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
![Dorothy Tree](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674185_6684d7.jpg)
Dorothy Tree
USA
Best movies:
It (1927)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Men (1950)
![Rita Conde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634047_6d04ad.jpg)
Rita Conde
Cuba
Best movies:
Change of Habit (1969)
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
Topaz (1969)
![Paul E. Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162679_657d94.gif)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Ted Stanhope](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894228_20a693.gif)
Ted Stanhope
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Three Little Words (1950)
![Hank Patterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/929/159929284_6e2460.gif)
Hank Patterson
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Julie (1956)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Frank O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
![Harlan Warde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299996_5b3c13.jpg)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Margo Woode](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747145_58ad57.jpg)
Margo Woode
USA
Best movies:
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
![Harry Cheshire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/545/160545369_9779e1.jpg)
Harry Cheshire
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)