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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

7.1 115 mins Drama   Thriller   1946
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Lewis Milestone

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

Casts of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Barbara Stanwyck

as Martha Ivers

Van Heflin

as Sam Masterson

Lizabeth Scott

as Antonia 'Toni' Marachek

Kirk Douglas

as Walter O'Neil

Judith Anderson

as Mrs. Ivers

Roman Bohnen

as Mr. O'Neil

Darryl Hickman

as Young Sam

Janis Wilson

as Young Martha

Ann Doran

as Bobbi St. John

Frank Orth

as Hotel Clerk

James Flavin

as Police Detective #1

Mickey Kuhn

as Young Walter

Charles D. Brown

as McCarthy

Blake Edwards

as Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

as Dempsey (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

as Police Detective #2 (uncredited)

Bert Roach

as Man Waiting (uncredited)

John Kellogg

as Joe (uncredited)

Olin Howland

as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

Gladden James

as John (uncredited)

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