Joan Leslie shoots her husband dead on New Year's Eve, then is so filled with regret she wishes for - and gets - a 1946 do-over. Fascinating premise.
Except instead of taking any action to change her fate, she merely whines a lot. Therefore, as far as I can tell, she relives 1946 as a repeat performance as a doormat to her alcoholic failure of a husband.
If I'm Joan Leslie, and I find myself with a 365-day rewind, I run away from that loser when he comes home drunk on New Year's Day 1946. Why wait another 365 days to shoot him?
There are three supporting players of note: Natalie Schafer (Luvie on Gilligan's Island) as a cougar. Richard Basehart (Admiral Nelson from Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea) doing a spot-on Robin Williams impression (depressive phase). And the always-charming Tom Conway (The Falcon).
The latter two are so evidently in love with Leslie I lost sympathy for her long before the twist ending. At which point I pretty much blamed her for her own misery.
Except instead of taking any action to change her fate, she merely whines a lot. Therefore, as far as I can tell, she relives 1946 as a repeat performance as a doormat to her alcoholic failure of a husband.
If I'm Joan Leslie, and I find myself with a 365-day rewind, I run away from that loser when he comes home drunk on New Year's Day 1946. Why wait another 365 days to shoot him?
There are three supporting players of note: Natalie Schafer (Luvie on Gilligan's Island) as a cougar. Richard Basehart (Admiral Nelson from Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea) doing a spot-on Robin Williams impression (depressive phase). And the always-charming Tom Conway (The Falcon).
The latter two are so evidently in love with Leslie I lost sympathy for her long before the twist ending. At which point I pretty much blamed her for her own misery.