My high hopes to finally see Judy's Oscar performance (won over Bette Davis!) were crashed. Obviously a stage play which is always difficult to transfer to screen. Someone should have told Broderick Crawford to turn it down a notch for the screen. The dashing William Holden fell in love with Judy far too early. There wasn't any development leading up to their first kiss. All of the sudden they were in love with each other? Also, how can a man, Holden, just stand there and watch how a woman he is interested in gets abused without interfering is beyond me.