The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

About The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a 1946 thriller film directed by Lewis Milestone. The film is filed under film noir, based on short story, alcoholic, and childhood friends.

Barbara Stanwyck takes the lead as Martha Ivers, Van Heflin as Sam Masterson, Lizabeth Scott as Antonia 'Toni' Marachek, and Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil. It runs 115 minutes and was released in August 1946.

The screenplay is by Robert Rossen. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix in the United States.

The Killing, 45 Years, and The Lost Weekend make useful companions to The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, all filed under black and white and husband wife relationship. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 196 votes and it carries a NR rating.