Gray in the head, demon in the ribs and eyes look to the left. Don't count the girl my age, the old horse won't spoil the furrow, the old horse is nowhere else. From the song. Whitewashed with gray hair, aging physically, but not soul Fredrik March gave an undoubtedly excellent performance. What's the show? He fell in love like a boy, like a schoolboy. And there are serious reasons. After all, short-haired blonde Kim Novak can not leave indifferent the male heart. In fact, they are actors who have performed their roles. But how they did it! And if Kim has little questions, then Fredrik absolutely no.
So he works in a fashion store. Not some handyman or auxiliary worker. Take it higher. He's the boss. And not by age he is listed in the rank and file, especially since he has been in this business all his life, you can say with young nails. Well, he works like dad Carlo, because he doesn't really want to rush home, because he's a widower and there's no loving wife at home. Providence, or the intrigue of an evil force, I don’t know, wanted his employee, who worked as an administrator, to fall ill and leave work in broad daylight. She left, as you understand, not irrevocably, but just a little sick. But she brought a document that had to be printed. The boss needed the document, and on his way to the party, he decided to stop by. I did, but I didn’t stay overnight, as you might think. He listened to her story, listened calmly and patiently, said goodbye and left. And in the brain, something clicked and ... further guess is not difficult.
This is a melodrama movie in its pure form, without any impurities. You can believe in his love. The director and Fredrik March did not make Jerry an extra and characterless character. There is not only a raging heart that is not in jest, there is also reason to be. No, this gentleman, I like it positively. A man who knows his worth and at the same time a man in love. He has a daughter a year older than his girlfriend. He has a sister who does not digest all the women he meets. It’s pretty simple, as it often is.
And as for the young twenty-four-year-old lady Betty (Kim Novak), she is very, very seductive and not stupid by the way. No, she's not stupid at all. I liked the point that maybe she's not quite sincere, but she doesn't smell like cunning. She's telling me everything. Because of age, it is a doubting nature. She and the life of a stable wealthy want to bed ardour was at the proper level, as we say with the ex-husband musician. When you eat a fish and... Her eyes give away, but again, she is not lying, but telling the truth. That's a character. I think Kim Novak has more powerful and serious work in his arsenal. And Fredrik is brilliant! That must be it. There is nothing more to add.
7 out of 10