Great cast is wasted by Kazan's overwrought direction in this adaptation of his own best-selling novel. Douglas plays an incredibly successful advertising executive with a beautiful wife, Kerr, and a lovely mistress, Dunaway. He is filled with self-loathing and sees life as a series of
compromises and arrangements. One day he decides to end it all by driving his sports car into a truck. He survives the crash, but is still disturbed mentally. While in the hospital, his mistress has left him for another man, and his father, Boone, is terminally ill and waiting to die. Douglas'
acts become more and more irrational as Kerr and Dunaway team up in an attempt to bring him...
Released:
1969
Rated:
R
Length:
125 mins