The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
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A childhood killing binds three friends in a small Pennsylvania town: Martha, who profited from covering it up; Walter, the husband who helped bury the secret; and Sam, a drifter whose return after eighteen years threatens to unearth it.
Kirk Douglas made his screen debut here as the weakest point of the triangle, a husband who married guilt instead of love — a fitting entry for an actor who spent the next decade playing men undone by their own compromises.
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