"It was the right thing. It was the wrong thing. It was the only thing their hearts would allow."

1965

1h 57m

6.4(48 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

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52 members

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Elizabeth Taylor

Laura Reynolds

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Richard Burton

Edward Hewitt

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Eva Marie Saint

Claire Hewitt

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Charles Bronson

Cos Erickson

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Robert Webber

Ward Hendricks

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James Edwards

Larry Brant

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Torin Thatcher

le juge Thompson

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Tom Drake

Walter Robinson

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Douglas Henderson

Phil Sutcliff

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Morgan Mason

Danny Reynolds

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Paul Genge

Architect (uncredited)

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John Abbey

Trooper (uncredited)

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Jan Arvan

Trustee (uncredited)

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Mary Benoit

Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

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Shirley Bonne

Celebrant #9 (uncredited)

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Dusty Cadis

Trooper (uncredited)

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Joan Connors

Celebrant #7 (uncredited)

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Tom Crane

Walter Robinson (uncredited)

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Tom Curtis

Trustee (uncredited)

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Jeff Davis

Administrator (uncredited)

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Colin Drake

Administrator (uncredited)

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Fred Fisher

Administrator (uncredited)

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Mel Gallagher

Celebrant #4 (uncredited)

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Kelton Garwood

Celebrant #2 (uncredited)

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Max Gulak

Administrator (uncredited)

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Ginger Hall

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Harper

The Sandpiper (uncredited)

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John Hart

Trooper (uncredited)

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Rex Holman

Celebrant #1 (uncredited)

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April Hyde

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Peggy Jackson

Celebrant #8 (uncredited)

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Peter Jackson

Administrator (uncredited)

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Patricia Manning

Woman (uncredited)

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Pamela Mason

Ellie (uncredited)

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Jimmy Murphy

Celebrant #3 (uncredited)

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Nico

Dancer at the Party (uncredited)

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Jo O'Toole

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Peter O'Toole

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Jean Peaslee

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Douglas Read

Boy (uncredited)

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Diane Sayer

Celebrant #6 (uncredited)

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June Shelley

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Shelly Sidney

Celebrant #10 (uncredited)

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Eric Sinclair

Beatnik (uncredited)

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Barbara Sommers

Dancer at the Party (uncredited)

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Roscoe Stallworth

Beatnik (uncredited)

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Anthony Stuart

Administrator (uncredited)

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Carl Studer

Harold (uncredited)

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Olga Valéry

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Sophie Veneck

Administrator's Wife (uncredited)

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Ron Whelan

Celebrant #5 (uncredited)

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T.D. White

Beatnik (uncredited)

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