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By Love Possessed

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By Love Possessed
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1hr 55min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1961
Director:
John Sturges
Starring:
Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Jason Robards, Jr.  ...more
Synopsis: There's always something simmering beneath the quaint and placid surface of small-town New England lives -- and that includes the usual maladies of alcoholism, rape, and suicide. At least this is the case if you go by the tortuous tale told in By Love Possessed, a Peyton Place knock-off, directed with glossy intensity by the usually reliable action director John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock and The Magnificent Seven). The tale chronicles the miserable lives of Arthur Winner (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Perhaps if Douglas Sirk had directed it, By Love Possessed might have emerged as a soap opera classic, full of the cool irony that managed to add depth to otherwise superficial situations and blessed with color and design that becomes an intrinsic part of the viewing experience. But Sirk is nowhere to be found in Possessed; the direction is by John Sturges, a talented director who is just out of his ... Full Review
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Lana Turner
Marjorie Penrose
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Arthur Winner
Jason Robards, Jr.
Julius Penrose
George Hamilton
Warren Winner
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