Based on Irwin Shaw's "Education of the Heart" and directed by Jacques Tourneur, EASY LIVING is the melodramatic tale of an aging star halfback (Victor Mature) for the fictitious New York Chiefs who knows retirement is imminent. His adjustment to this inevitability is complicated by the
loss of the college coaching job he hoped would be his but which is won by a friend (Sonny Tufts). To make matters worse, he discovers that he has a heart condition, which should keep him off the field but doesn't because he is afraid that his selfish wife (Lizabeth Scott) will leave him if he's
no longer in the limelight. All along he is supported by the team's pretty secretary (Lu...
Released:
1949
Rated:
NR
Length:
77 mins