A Rage to Live (1965)
Starring Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, Ben Gazzara and many more famous names!
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Grace Caldwell, a wealthy college student who craves male attention, has an affair with Charlie Jay, whose parents find out and tell Grace’s widowed mother. Mrs. Caldwell, who suffers from a heart condition, suspects the extent of her daughter’s promiscuity and travels with her to Nassau for a vacation. While Grace becomes involved with a hotel waiter, her mother has a heart attack and dies from lack of care. Her brother Brock introduces Grace to a college friend, Sidney Tate, who consoles her after her mother’s death, and they decide to marry. Grace explains her past to Sidney, but he insists that their love will overcome her desire for other men. For 2 1/2 years they live happily on a farm and have a baby boy; then Roger Bannon, a self-made building construction manager and the son of one of her mother’s former servants, rebuilds their barn. He makes advances to Grace, and she succumbs. Jack Hollister, a successful editor and self-righteous hypocrite, tries to make love to Grace, but she refuses his attentions. Fearing the impairment of relations with her husband, she decides to end her affair with Roger; and when she notifies Roger he gets drunk, mistreats a waitress, and dies in a subsequent car crash. When police investigate the death, Grace’s affair becomes public knowledge, whereupon Sidney threatens to leave her if her promiscuity continues. At a charity bazaar, the jealous wife of Jack Hollister publicly denounces Grace as the cause of her own failing marriage. Though Grace insists upon her innocence, Jack, bitter from rejection, does not deny the accusation, and Sidney abandons Grace.
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wasn't brett somers in this movie? (she was the real life wife of jack klugman and appeared on Match Game)
If her Dad was alive he probably would have sent her to a private all girls boarding school.
Pregnancy could ruin a girls life then; now it’s no big deal. Morals and values are down.
Fun and clean dance parties my cousins had when I was a little girl. No drugs or guns. I miss those days.
Introduced me.to.Pleshette became lifelong fan
The excellent cast makes this film. Dillman, Pleshette, Gazzara, Graves…all great.
I couldn't give you enough stars for such a movie as well as all the older movies that existed from past years. Those are the very best as well as the actors themselves. Thank you very much for posting.
She’s so gorgeous lady and sex addict isn’t safe . Thank you for posting it’s very enjoyable film , not like rubbish now what we have. Awesome story of moral .
Very powerful film with great actors Pleshette, Dillman and Gazzara.
I love these old movies. No cell phones no internet no friggin technology
She is absolutely stunning in this movie
Gazzara had a lot if nerve "falling in love"; he knew what he was getting into with a married woman – leave married women alone!Graves had a lot of nerve getting mad because a married woman didn't want to have an affair with his married self and discovering she had an affair with someone else – go home to your wife! Those 2 were creepy for taking advantage of her affliction like that.
she got to kiss every single gorgeous guy in this movie – I m jealous
She's lying, I only had 12 affairs, not thirteen.
Poor Suzanne Pleshette cops it from Mark Goddard right between the eyes, and he seemed like such a nice young lad.
Great cars and stockings !
Niye Amarikalara gönderdilerdi….?
Çıkıp gelsin diye mi…?
Gönderdiler di Amarikalara…..
Romanın Devşirmesini…..
Oraya Bağlasan…..
Bağladığın yerde Durmaz……
Doları Sen vereceksin…..
Kadını Sen Vereceksin…..
Erkeği Sen Vereceksin……
Sen Sen Sen Sen Sen
Nereden Çıkıyor bu….?
Red internasyonal/Hollywood/Bürokrasi….?
Fraternite…?
Söylede Doları almasınlar…….
Hollywood….?
Ying & Yang
14:49, back when Brett Somers wasn't some crazy panelist on a game show. What a difference 8 years made.
Rural areas are uk till you wake up in one withouth enough money
Loved Suzanne pleshette in everything she did. Beautiful.
I saw this movie in a theater when it came out but not in my hometown, it was banned there.
Being in this movie was not a good career move for anyone in it, all of them went on to TV work which was punishment.
Wow – Peyton Place. Cool, trashy movie!
Suzanne Pleshette's voice makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, sexy as hell. And she's got a great set of peepers too.
gazzara, dillman, two hotties
"You purchase pain with all that joy can give
And die of nothing but a rage to live" (Alexander Pope: 'Moral Essays').
This movie should be colored. They made quite sn effort to capture sceneries at a time when taking cameras outdoors is difficult. I loved the views.. ?
Grace had a void she was tryna fill in all the wrong ways. Just like most us humans; and it always leads to pain n heartache…always.
Great movie! Thanks for loading it…i hope i can watch more like it! Its my favorite past time; especially with this caronavirus & staying in like we have to.
Thanx again
Good movie
Suzanne Pleshette, outside of her role here, in all her beauty and charm was the personification of feminine womanhood. Her beguiling looks, irresistible charm yet sardonic demeanor made her instantly likeable. As a young boy I always loved seeing her playing roles in the 1960's TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Route 66, Naked City, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, The Invaders, etc. 'A Rage to Live' is only a movie and you can judge her behavior but hey, sometimes girls go off the rails with hormones at that age. She should have had way more satisfying sex with her husband Bradford Dillman in this flick then she wouldn't need to engage with other men. But that would be another story. "Suzanne Pleshette was a perfect fit for the movies' golden age…Unfortunately for her, Hollywood had stopped making the kinds of films that would have made Pleshette a star two decades before she got there." See Time Mag obituary 2008 http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1705470,00.html. God Bless actress Suzanne Pleshette.
Wicked As They Come! Good movie! 1956 movie
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STOP. This is not noir. Melodrama.
Ah, the lives of the rich and privileged. Apparently the book is much better than the movie, with the characters fleshed out more. Pleshette's character in the film doesn't seem to have been fooling around all that much, compared to her depiction in print.
that was pretty powerful stuff! both in terms of the themes, and the acting, which was absolutely outstanding. one of those unsung gems that one finds now and then among the pap and dross on YT. many thanks for the upload. another film in similar vein, is No Down Payment 1957, available here.
Suzanne deserved an Best Actress Oscar nod for this film as well as Carmen Matthews in a supporting role….
WOW! THIS MAKES TODAY'S MOVIES LOOK LIKE CHEAP TRASH!
Garbage adaptation of the book.
HIGH SOCIETY TRASH! SHE REFORMED ONCE SHE MET BOB NEWHART! RIP SP
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The boys were responsible for getting a girl pregnant just as the girls were then.
The doctor was the Lt on Barney Miller TV show.
The maid is Mrs. Olsen from the coffee commercials in the 1980's.
There's a better movie than this. "Damage" with Jeremy Irons. Best line: "Damaged people are dangerous because they know they can survive". THAT flick begins seductively and becomes absolutely twisted, with an ending that's positively chilling. WATCH IT!
These old movies are so much fun! I got rid of t.v. years ago and have no intention of ever going back ? thank you for posting such amazing entertainment! I was right there enthralled in the midst of all the drama!
Grace was pissin me off. She killed her mom and cheated on a good husband. So much for being faithful. All she thought about was herself. She never loved anyone.