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Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth.
Themes:RedemptionThe Human ConditionLove Conquers AllForbidden LoveSacrificeUnrequited LoveLove TriangleMarital StrugglesDiscover Similar ThemesMood:SentimentalHeartwarmingHeart-WrenchingPoignantDramaticTragicEmotionalTouchingIntimateRomanticDiscover Similar Mood
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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Directed by: Edmund Goulding, Leo F. Forbstein, Jack Sullivan
Produced by: Henry Blanke, Hal B. Wallis
Composed by: Max Steiner
Cast

Bette Davis
Maggie Patterson Van Allen

Mary Astor
Sandra Kovak

George Brent
Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

Lucile Watson
Aunt Ada Greenfield

Hattie McDaniel
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Grant Mitchell
Joshua Mason

Jerome Cowan
Jock Thompson

Charles Trowbridge
Senator Ted Greenfield

Thurston Hall
Oscar Worthington James

Russell Hicks
Colonel Harriston
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