this film seem tailor make for ms. crawford and her persona . a controlling housewife and harriet craig and she control all of her husband life and ( portray well by a kind hearted wendell corey ) and who you may also recognize a the long suffering husband in no sad song for me . harriet be a desperate housewife and whose own father abandon her . her mission in life be order and control and of the house and her husband and and his career . she refuse to have child and and conceals this from her husband ( unheard of in 1950 . ) . crawford look lovely and be a beautiful woman and but people have problem relate to her . she be not an accept person . eventually her scheming and attempt to thwart corey trip to japan disgust him and and he decide he can carry on his life in a more normal manner with someone and anyone else . crawford and her hauteur be classic and there be some small scene which be almost amuse a she obsess about a vase and and scold a young neighbor boy . overall a do not miss . positive .