By Love Possessed

Jul 19, 1961

1h 55m

★ 4.9

He Was But Half a Man... She Was a Whole Woman!

Overview

An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company

Seven Arts Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Marjorie Penrose

Lana Turner

Arthur Winner

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Julius Penrose

Jason Robards

Warren Winner

George Hamilton

Helen Detweiler

Susan Kohner

Noah Tuttle

Thomas Mitchell

Dr. Reggie Shaw

Everett Sloane

Veronica Kovacs

Yvonne Craig

Woolf

Gilbert Green

Mrs. Kovacs

Claire Carleton

Jerry Brophy

Frank Maxwell

Bernie Breck

Carroll O'Connor

Money is not necessarily the key to happiness. It can easily be considered man's worst downfall. Michael Adeyemi was destined to be a billionaire by the age of 35 and with money comes access to the fine things of life. Find out how Michael's desperate quest for fortune and success would cost him the number one thing money cannot buy - Family. Blinded by selfish ambitions, pride and appetite for greed leads him down a path of self-destruction, blinding him to the only thing that is worth saving. It all comes crashing down on "Boxing Day" where Michael is swept under a sea of adversities caused by none other than himself. Watch this downpour of self-inflicted wave of adversities with rippling effects that triggers thought provoking questions, of love, pain, pride and ultimate redemption - what if you never get that second chance?

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