The Oscar winning actress chosen to play a Bronx housewife is the actress who gave the most brilliant performance of her career in Rebecca, Joan Fontaine. Joan was miscast. She just wasn't convincing as a mousy housewife. Despite my confusion as to why Fontaine would star in one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The stories about returning soldiers returning to a country that has forgotten them. The workers behavior towards the soldiers at the unemployment office is disturbing. So, how do the soldiers, their spouses and families, adapt to their new circumstances? They really don't, they're poor and struggling. They're just existing in a cruel country. Does the government care about soldiers returning from war? Absolutely not! Wounded soldiers especially are an albatross around the government's neck. The movie doesn't delve too deeply into the government's role they play in the veterans struggling to survive. To lighten the depressing mood, throw in a love story. And a miserly old bat for comic purposes I guess. One scene was pure Fontaine, a charming scene. Bill is set to leave for the army, they oversleep and wake up in a panic. Bill races around shaving while Susan tries to make him a quick breakfast, but she breaks the eggs and forgets to heat the coffee. Susan wraps her arms around Bill and says, "Darling, what am I going to do without you?"
After he leaves, Susan wanders around the apartment for a moment and then the clock rings. Suddenly, she rushes to the window, throwing it open, uncaring of the rain that pours on her head.
Bill is too far down the street to hear, but she yells after him anyway, tears and rain streaming down her face.
"Bill. Come back, Bill! Listen, you gotta come back! Don't you remember? We set the clock ahead last night on purpose. We set the clock ahead. We've got 15 minutes more, Bill."
Bill is too far down the street to hear, but she yells after him anyway, tears and rain streaming down her face.
"Bill. Come back, Bill! Listen, you gotta come back! Don't you remember? We set the clock ahead last night on purpose. We set the clock ahead. We've got 15 minutes more, Bill."