Clash by Night
1952 · Movie · NR · 105 min · ★ 6.7 · 68% critics
In a California fishing town, a bitter woman returns home hoping marriage will offer a fresh start. But as domestic life closes in, she’s pulled toward her new husband’s closest friend, turning everyday routines into a tense tangle of desire, resentment, and hard choices.
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Details
- Years
- 1952
- Release date
- 1952-05-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (133 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a compulsively watchable, high-intensity domestic melodrama with messy relationships and moody atmosphere; Not for you if you dislike talky, stagey drama or heavy-handed emotions, like in Human Desire.
Pros: intense love-triangle drama; sharp, biting dialogue; strong lead performances | Cons: stagey, talk-heavy feel; overheated soap-opera tone; ending feels unconvincing
Themes
- baby
- marriage
- cannery
- projectionist
Cast & crew
Barbara Stanwyck
as Mae Doyle D'Amato
Paul Douglas
as Jerry D'Amato
Robert Ryan
as Earl Pfeiffer
Marilyn Monroe
as Peggy
J. Carrol Naish
as Uncle Vince
Keith Andes
as Joe Doyle
Silvio Minciotti
as Papa D'Amato
Tony Martin
as Singer of 'I Hear a Rhapsody' (voice) (uncredited)
William Bailey
as Waiter (uncredited)
- HB
Harry Baum
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Directed by Fritz Lang