An adolescent , Joel Heatherton, is arrested for killing of her wife's current lover . As her divorced parents : Susan Hayward , Mike Connors, end up dragging the ordeal out in a murder and subsequent custody battle , as well as a lot of skeletons come out of their closets . Along the way a series of flashbacks are developed in which her mother called Valerie Hayden : Susan Hayward recalls her distressed marriage to a prestigious and upright army officer named !uke Miller : Mike Connors . As the teen stands trial for slashing her mummy's latest lover . While grandmother : Bette Davis and her daughter : Susan Hayward suffer a strong antagonism and intense dislike between them due to the rebel daughter accused for killing. "Where Love has Gone" goes where no motion picture has ever dared go before !
This soapy picture is based on a popular best seller by Harold Robbins and adapted by notorious screenwriter John Michael Hayes, as the novel as the movie are based on the infamous case Johnny Stompanato/Lana Turner happened in 1958 . From the team that brought you "The Carpetbaggers" , made in similar style , dealing with an explosive and surprising story of the violent World where a mother and her teenage daughter compete for the same lover . This twisted story seems to be been suggested by the real life Lana Turner , Johnny Stompanato and her daugher who stabbed her mum's fiance to death in the bedroom of Turner's Beverly Hills home . Main cast is pretty good . Susan Hayward is nice as the nymphomaniac mother , she gives a fine performance , though overacting at times. From her Oscarized acting in "I Want to Live ¡" Susan was deemed to be one of the best Hollywood actresses . While Mike Connonrs performs decently the unfortunate husband , an Army Major who becomes involved in problems due to his ex-wife and the troublesome daughter . Joey Heatherton plays a teenager daughter who kills her nympho mother's current boyfriend . The great Bette Davis is the manipulative grand dame grandmother . They are well accompanied by a familiar plethora of secondaries , such as : DeForest Kelley, Jane Greer , George Macready , Anne Seymour , Willis Bouchey , Walter Reed , Whit Bissell, Anthony Caruso, James Bell , among others .
This Soap Opera motion picture was regularly directed by Hollywood craftsman Edward Dmytrick . He was a good artisan who made a large number of films in a long career and some of them considered to be classic movies . However , Edward's later movies tended to be on the sluggish side and had little success . Edward was a member of the communist party and he was denounced before HUAC . He was one of the so-called Hollywood Ten , though , eventually he became an informer and was panned by the establishment . Dmytryck made films of all kinds of genres as Thriller , Western , Drama , Wartime , outstanding in Noir Film . As he directed Western : Shalako , Alvarez Kelly , Broken Lance, Warlike : Anzio , The Caine Mutiny , Hitler's Children, Young Lions , Back to Bataan , Drama : The Carpetbaggers , Mirage , The Human Factor , The Left Hand of God , The Mountain, Till the End of Time , Crossfire , Her First Romance, Blue Beard Tender Comrade , End of affair , Cornered , and several others . Rating 5,5/10. Average but passable . The picture will appeal to Susan Hayward and Bette Davis fans .
This soapy picture is based on a popular best seller by Harold Robbins and adapted by notorious screenwriter John Michael Hayes, as the novel as the movie are based on the infamous case Johnny Stompanato/Lana Turner happened in 1958 . From the team that brought you "The Carpetbaggers" , made in similar style , dealing with an explosive and surprising story of the violent World where a mother and her teenage daughter compete for the same lover . This twisted story seems to be been suggested by the real life Lana Turner , Johnny Stompanato and her daugher who stabbed her mum's fiance to death in the bedroom of Turner's Beverly Hills home . Main cast is pretty good . Susan Hayward is nice as the nymphomaniac mother , she gives a fine performance , though overacting at times. From her Oscarized acting in "I Want to Live ¡" Susan was deemed to be one of the best Hollywood actresses . While Mike Connonrs performs decently the unfortunate husband , an Army Major who becomes involved in problems due to his ex-wife and the troublesome daughter . Joey Heatherton plays a teenager daughter who kills her nympho mother's current boyfriend . The great Bette Davis is the manipulative grand dame grandmother . They are well accompanied by a familiar plethora of secondaries , such as : DeForest Kelley, Jane Greer , George Macready , Anne Seymour , Willis Bouchey , Walter Reed , Whit Bissell, Anthony Caruso, James Bell , among others .
This Soap Opera motion picture was regularly directed by Hollywood craftsman Edward Dmytrick . He was a good artisan who made a large number of films in a long career and some of them considered to be classic movies . However , Edward's later movies tended to be on the sluggish side and had little success . Edward was a member of the communist party and he was denounced before HUAC . He was one of the so-called Hollywood Ten , though , eventually he became an informer and was panned by the establishment . Dmytryck made films of all kinds of genres as Thriller , Western , Drama , Wartime , outstanding in Noir Film . As he directed Western : Shalako , Alvarez Kelly , Broken Lance, Warlike : Anzio , The Caine Mutiny , Hitler's Children, Young Lions , Back to Bataan , Drama : The Carpetbaggers , Mirage , The Human Factor , The Left Hand of God , The Mountain, Till the End of Time , Crossfire , Her First Romance, Blue Beard Tender Comrade , End of affair , Cornered , and several others . Rating 5,5/10. Average but passable . The picture will appeal to Susan Hayward and Bette Davis fans .