The revered Otto Preminger directs three well healed actors, Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda. This drama features Crawford as Daisy Kenyon, a Manhattan commercial artist that is being squired by Dan O'Mara(Andrews), a high dollar lawyer, married with kids. Daisy has had O'Mara on the string long enough and she expects hims to divorce his wife Lucille(Ruth Warrick). The attorney pussy foots the idea and just can't bring himself to do it. Meanwhile Daisy is also keeping company with an army sergeant Peter Lapham(Fonda) actually hoping to make Dan jealous. Both men argue over her, but when she nearly kills herself in an auto accident Daisy realizes she truly loves Lapham. By this time Lucille has overheard a phone call made by her husband professing his love for Daisy...divorce proceedings will soon be underway. Two men on a string, but does she even deserve either one? Making cameo appearances at New York's fabled Stork Club are John Garfield, Walter Winchell and Leonard Lyons. Other players include: Roy Roberts, Victoria Horne, Connie Marshall and Martha Stewart. Soap opera on the big screen.
Review of Daisy Kenyon
