Directed by Ida Lupino -- who co-wrote the script, along with producer Malvin Wald and her husband at the time Collier Young -- this was the second post-Code Hollywood film to deal with the issue of rape. The other is after Johnny Belinda.
Ann Walton (Mala Powers) is ready to marry Jim Owens (Robert Clark) when a man who works near her starts following her, finally attacking her. All she can remember of him is a scar. Everyone is supportive, but she feels that Jim will never see her the same way again, so she runs.
She runs again when the bus she is on has a radio message play about her parents looking for her. That's when she's rescued by Rev. Bruce Ferguson (Tod Andrews). They start to grow close, but when another man kisses her at a carnival, she attacks him with a wrench. That's when the reverend learns of her past and helps her to not go to jail.
Instead of giving in to her love, he sends her back home to Jim in an attempt to get back to her old life.
While the word rape could never be said in this movie, Lupino uses that to her advantage. The sad part of this is that a movie made seven decades ago still shows men to be the same as they are today, either wanting to control, own or foul any woman at any opportunity.
Ann Walton (Mala Powers) is ready to marry Jim Owens (Robert Clark) when a man who works near her starts following her, finally attacking her. All she can remember of him is a scar. Everyone is supportive, but she feels that Jim will never see her the same way again, so she runs.
She runs again when the bus she is on has a radio message play about her parents looking for her. That's when she's rescued by Rev. Bruce Ferguson (Tod Andrews). They start to grow close, but when another man kisses her at a carnival, she attacks him with a wrench. That's when the reverend learns of her past and helps her to not go to jail.
Instead of giving in to her love, he sends her back home to Jim in an attempt to get back to her old life.
While the word rape could never be said in this movie, Lupino uses that to her advantage. The sad part of this is that a movie made seven decades ago still shows men to be the same as they are today, either wanting to control, own or foul any woman at any opportunity.