68%User score 68 percent
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Drama · Thriller
User Score
9 votes
Are Modern Mothers to be Blamed for the Wild Escapades of Their Sons & Daughters?
A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ring.
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CinemaSerf
June 23, 2022
To give this it's due, it does try to deal with some rather more grown up themes, but somehow the whole thing just falls a bit flat. In a sort of spin-off from "The Lady Refuses" (1931), this time "Lucy" (Betty Compson) - not averse to a gigolo or two of her own, takes umbrage when her daughter "Marian" (Mary Ainslee) falls for the "Count DeHoven" (Willy Castello), her mother's latest rent-a-beau who engages in his t…
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