sensational cast in elia kazan adaptation of his own book concern a married executive with a mistress who attempt suicide . aloof and disjoint melodrama have star kirk douglas and deborah kerr and faye dunaway suffer in a well heel vacuum . dunaway release a slew of picture in 1967 69 and be probably at the risk of be dangerously overexpose while she gorgeously coif and manicure and but her heavily make up face and cool personality doesn not involve the audience ( one hop that douglas will simply come to his sens and let her go ) . all the character here be fairly unsavory anyway and and the actor be not help by the campy line of dialogue and uncompelling conflict . half from .