Richard Basehart was absolutely fabulous here as we feel his nervousness, his detachment from life, his hopelessness, and other problems.
Paul Douglas, as the cop who Basehart is able to talk to, is great here. Ironically, in so many films Douglas always played the loud-mouthed person you could never count on to calm someone down.
Agnes Moorehead gives a gem of a performance as the emotionally unbalanced, distraught mother. She blends into this performance a similarity to "Magnificent Ambersons" and can still be that holy terror as she displayed as Minnie in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte."
The picture again deals with mob psychology with some people anxiously awaiting Basehart to take the fatal plunge.
Sidebars include Jeffrey Hunter and Debra Paget, as a young couple who meet among the mob and Grace Kelly, about to divorce her husband before this drama gives her a new lease on life and she is willing to try to sustain the marriage.
Barbara Bel Geddes appears briefly as Virginia, the girlfriend to Robert (Baseheart) She is effective here.
Martin Gabel's role as the psychologist fascinated me. How could he judge so soon after a brief meeting what the Moorehead and Robert Keith characters were all about? That was a little too far-fetched.
Overall, a gripping drama showcasing the living of life to its fullest.
Paul Douglas, as the cop who Basehart is able to talk to, is great here. Ironically, in so many films Douglas always played the loud-mouthed person you could never count on to calm someone down.
Agnes Moorehead gives a gem of a performance as the emotionally unbalanced, distraught mother. She blends into this performance a similarity to "Magnificent Ambersons" and can still be that holy terror as she displayed as Minnie in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte."
The picture again deals with mob psychology with some people anxiously awaiting Basehart to take the fatal plunge.
Sidebars include Jeffrey Hunter and Debra Paget, as a young couple who meet among the mob and Grace Kelly, about to divorce her husband before this drama gives her a new lease on life and she is willing to try to sustain the marriage.
Barbara Bel Geddes appears briefly as Virginia, the girlfriend to Robert (Baseheart) She is effective here.
Martin Gabel's role as the psychologist fascinated me. How could he judge so soon after a brief meeting what the Moorehead and Robert Keith characters were all about? That was a little too far-fetched.
Overall, a gripping drama showcasing the living of life to its fullest.