Making his debut in this highly charged noir outing, Kirk Douglas is a District Attorney, and spouse of the titular Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), ruthless and implacable owner of a steel mill with a dark secret in her past. Though his character mostly reacts to Stanwyck's machinations and dark legacy, newcomer Douglas brings an impressive gravity and an autumnal quality to the part of a man haunted by past events.
35mm, b/w, 116 min. DIR: Lewis Milestone. SCR: Robert Rossen. CAST: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott.
