The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, 1946.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, 1946.

Walter (Kirk Douglas) receives unexpected old pal rogue Sam (Van Heflin), when his wife Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives, buttons being pushed immediately, in Lewis Milestone's The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, 1946.

Kirk Douglas (as Walter, in his opening scene), referring to scandalous history and losing his will, his chilly wife Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) not having any of it, in Lewis Milestone's The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, 1946.

Director Lewis Milestone in full Noir mode, Sam Masterson (Van Heflin), by chance stuck overnight in his old home town, about which we know he holds deep secrets, equally by chance meets sultry single gal Toni (Lizabeth Scott), her first scene, in The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, 1947.