Carroll Baker spends all of the film confused, dazed and suicide-prone following her being raped on her way home from school one night. Her suicide attempt is thwarted by Ralph Meeker, who takes her to his home and then refuses to let her out.
There is a good performance by Mildred Dunnock, who co-starred with Baker in "Baby Doll." Dunnock is her usual overwhelming self, flustered, and even bigoted in the film. Jean Stapleton is interesting as a fellow tenant in the building where Baker comes to live in after she runs away from it all. Stapleton talks in that Edith Bunker voice and is rebuked by Baker. We see her entertaining a guy in her apartment, drunk and carrying on.
We see the seamy side of New York City in buildings where just about no one would even want to walk by, yet alone live in.
Ralph Meeker's character as the loner who comes into Baker's life is not fully developed here.
There is a good performance by Mildred Dunnock, who co-starred with Baker in "Baby Doll." Dunnock is her usual overwhelming self, flustered, and even bigoted in the film. Jean Stapleton is interesting as a fellow tenant in the building where Baker comes to live in after she runs away from it all. Stapleton talks in that Edith Bunker voice and is rebuked by Baker. We see her entertaining a guy in her apartment, drunk and carrying on.
We see the seamy side of New York City in buildings where just about no one would even want to walk by, yet alone live in.
Ralph Meeker's character as the loner who comes into Baker's life is not fully developed here.