<PERSON>
The American Dream is a nightmare
If I had a nickel for every time someone told me, "he seemed harmless so I didn't say anything," I would be a very wealthy woman.
They've been saying this long before 1956 and people are still saying it.
We excuse or overlook dangerous behavior and signals from men all of the time. ALL OF THE TIME. Society encourages us to do it.
That's what's happening in The Unguarded Moment. <PERSON> (<PERSON> in her only non-swimming role) is a high school teacher who gets intrusive questions about her marital status, leers from her fellow teachers, and is now receiving threatening anonymous notes. 861
Which she writes off first as the result of a student crush.
And she's encouraged to do that. Because boys will be boys and attractive women should really be married and not out there tempting teenagers.
So it's through this lens that I think we have to view <PERSON>' reactions and behaviors, which it is easy to find questionable. When everyone around you is telling you that you're the problem, well it's hard not to listen sometimes.
It's actually a pretty interesting film with a couple of decent performances. <PERSON> makes for a well written lead and both <PERSON> and <PERSON> are quite good.
<PERSON> co-wrote the screenplay. Apparently, her original plan was to star but things happened and they went with <PERSON>. 657