A Rage to Live

1965

Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 927 927

based on novel or book marriage romance love heiress

Plot summary

Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.

Director

Walter Grauman Photo
Walter Grauman

Top cast

Linden Chiles Photo
Linden Chiles as Brock Caldwell
Byron Morrow Photo
Byron Morrow as Mr. Tate
Ruth White Photo
Ruth White as Mrs. Bannon
Paul Bradley Photo
Paul Bradley as Restaurant Patron
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931 MB
1280*542
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.69 GB
1920*814
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

Unfairly forgotten film with a good role for Pleshette

Grace Caldwell (Suzanne Pleshette) has a problem - she really likes sex. The film treats it like an addiction, probably triggered when she is raped by a friend of her brother's when she is still in high school. It seems like, if she was a guy, at least when she was single, the adults wouldn't be taking this so seriously. But abortion was largely illegal in 1965, so that's at least part of it.So like most addicts, Grace pledges reform at certain junctures - when her mother has a heart attack after they have an argument over her behavior, and then later when she marries Sidney Tate (Bradford Dillman). She first grows to love Sidney when he defends her honor against the insults of the man who raped her in high school. But in each case, in spite of promises of sobriety, she falls off the wagon and offends again. Being married and doing this can have particularly bad consequences, and it does.Suzanne is joined by the earthy Ben Gazzara, the patrician Bradford Dillman, the slimy Mark Goddard (offering to scrub Suzanne's back), and even Peter Graves and the oleaginous character actor James Gregory slithers around as a family doctor (!). Bret Somers (then Mrs. Jack Klugman I believe) even proves that she was a thespian at least once before The Match Game became her claim to fame. One of my favorite character actors from the '60s, Frank Maxwell also pops up in a small role, (see 1958's Lonelyhearts for a sample of his real worth as an actor).Despite the puritanical overtones, this is really a psychodrama about the forces of lust and jealousy versus the 50's white bread fantasy of domestic bliss. A-list actors and some great camera shots make me wonder why this film isn't more highly regarded.
Reviewed by Denise_Noe

interesting steamy film

Grace Caldwell differs from the usual "bad girl" in that she's not trading sex for money, social advancement, etc. Nor is she detached from a "normal" life of home and family. Rather she is an intelligent wife & mother who has a fling on the side just because she's horny, in the manner expected of men. A good film with strong performances by Suzanne Pleshette as Grace & Ben Gazarra as her lover.
Reviewed by daoldiges 7 / 10

Raging Double Standards Can't Dim Pleshette

I decided to watch A Rage to Live on a whim and am very happy that I did. Suzanne Pleshette gives a wonderful performance. Seeing her here makes me wonder why she never became a bigger star than she did. Along with her unique beauty she is also a completely unique and talented actress. Anyway, she's great and so are Dillman and Gazzara. The story seems a bit dated but looking back to my time a decade later than this film takes place, I can recall seeing this type of double standard between men, women, and sex quite often. As such, it's not as outdated as it seems or actually should have been by this time. Overall, I enjoyed A Rage to Live.
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