The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) 11of11

In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil, now district attorney. At first, Sam is more interested in displaced blonde Toni Marachek than in his boyhood friends; but they draw him into a convoluted web of plotting and cross-purposes

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• Martha
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• Barbara
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• Heflin
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• vintage
• classic
• movie

[countrygirltori]

I love this movie, but I already knew the ending right when the movie began because of the Hayes Code.

It basically said that no one could get away with murder (an eye for an eye). It's unfortunate because that rule ruins the ending of a lot of great movies like THE LETTER.

[spinliquid]

A truly great movie. Pity they don't make movies like this in Hollywood anymore.

[msgaus1]

Love this movie, but it's public domain, so why break it in to parts?

[TheZ58]

BARBARA STANWYCK...Love her!!!

[grendel963]

Don't you think Sam would've been further from the house than that by the time the gun went off?

[oowatwat]

can i just say LOVE that dress?

[PantslessGrandpa]

WOW, what a trip! This movie is amazing. They sure don't make them like this anymore. All 4 leads were fantastic. Lizabeth Scott is unforgettable -- her character in Pitfall is a lot like this -- she plays world weary and fragile like nobody else. And I think the push and pull between Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck and Kirk Douglas' characters is pure dynamite. You put those 3 in a room together and you've got all you need already.

Man, what a movie!

[eg463665]

@countrygirltori Thanks for ruining great movies for the rest of us that didn't know about that, show-off jerk.

[ConfusedSponge]

@ConfusedSponge Thanks, man. So we still don't know what's the thing to believe or not to believe, right? Nobody knows, right? Well, the long gone actors and crew maybe! Kirk is still alive!

[Nickcat5]

@ConfusedSponge "You believe me" referred to 'things will be different',& you were right,He didn't believe her; And for good reason. Walter had a difficult time living with it,more so than Martha did.

[ConfusedSponge]

Can someone tell me something at the end? What did she mean by, " Do you believe me, Walter? " . Then he took the gun out and put it on her stomach. It showed that he didn't believe her. What's not to believe or to believe?