by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Told in flashback, Affair with a Stranger recounts the deteriorating marriage of playwright Victor Mature and model Jean Simmons. The union is strained by the death of Jean's baby and the pressure of Victor's career. A scheming actress (Monica Lewis) makes a play for Mature, leading Jean to file for divorce. The couple is brought back together by the adoption of a baby (the "stranger" of the title). Affair with a Stranger is unabashed soap opera, made plausible by the sensitive performance of Jean Simmons.
characteristics
- Crumbling Marriages
- Play [recreation]
- Playwright
- Model
- Marriage
- Infidelity
- Marital-problems
- Pressure
- Romance
- Toddlers
- Writing
- Struggle
- Show
- Romantic
- Rumors
