![]() ![]() In Europe, Holly meets a wealthy musician who falls in love with her, but she runs out on him - a big mistake - and ends up turning to alcohol and easy sex. Holly's mother-in-law, played by Constance Bennett, arranges for her to disappear with a new identity. During an argument, he falls down the stairs to his death. When her husband comes home and she realizes how much she loves him, she tries to break it off with a roué (Ricardo Montalban). But the marriage becomes strained when Clayton is away too much, and Holly starts fooling around. Turner is the unfortunate woman, happily married to Clayton Anderson (John Forsythe) a man with a good political future, and she's the mother of a young son. So goes this version of "Madame X" as well, with a nice roster of stars: Lana Turner, Keir Dullea, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett, and Burgess Meredith. She hits the skids, and 20 years later, the child defends her on a murder charge. There's an occasional change here and there but the plot remains basically the same: A young woman is thrown out of her home and separated from her child. The old chestnut "Madame X" has had something like 9 screen versions, not to mention a play and the book. Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10 old melodrama gets gloss treatment at the hands of Ross Hunter Hoping to continue to protect her son, she refuses to give her real name and is known to the court as the defendant, "Madame X." Amazingly, she is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who is a public defender. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. ![]()
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