When the Bough Breaks

I thought the set-ups were a but too easily done -- the movie starts with Patricia Roc still in the maternity hospital bed being told that her husband has been arrested for bigamy, making her an instantaneous single mother; when she hands the baby over to Rosamund John and Patrick Holt, she refuses to sign any papers. Uh-oh!

That said, the performances are excellent. Bill Owen as Miss Roc's eventual husband gives a warm and wise performance, and Brenda Bruce adds a lot of needed humor with her brassy performance.

I must admit I don't have much sympathy for the situation, and consider the careful writing to make Miss Roc's moral situation irreproachable a bit strained, but overall, I find that the players overcome any qualms.