By Love Possessed(1961)
He Was But Half a Man... She Was a Whole Woman!
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.
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Marjorie Penrose
Arthur Winner
Julius Penrose
Warren Winner
Helen Detweiler
Noah Tuttle
Dr. Reggie Shaw
Veronica Kovacs
Woolf
Mrs. Kovacs
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