A housewife abandons her stifling life and crawls her way to the top of the social ladder... but not without getting her hands dirty. Joan Crawford is very good as the ambitious woman, still alluring at 45. The film has some noteworthy qualities and there isn't much room for complaint, although it doesn't really knock your socks off either. Perhaps Crawford's character is just too hard to latch onto. Sometimes she seems complex, but sometimes she just seems uneven.

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