The Seventh Sin (1957) [NR]

Release Date:
June 28, 1957

Original Title:
The Seventh Sin

Alternate Titles:
爱在遥远的附近

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 94

Any Sin But This One Could Be Forgiven!

In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to China (where he will fight a cholera epidemic) or face the scandal of a public divorce. She persuades him to reconsider and he proposes an alternative. If Paul's wife will agree to a divorce and he marries Carol within one week Walter will obtain a quiet divorce. Carol presents Walter's 'deal' to Paul, who regretfully declines, citing respect for his wife.Carol sees as her only choice to accompany Walter to the village, where she meets booze-soaked Tim. He soon introduces her to nuns at the local hospital-convent and Carol begins to re-evaluate her self-absorbed life and character. Working at the convent, Carol learns she is pregnant. She tells Walter she's unsure who is the father and he regrets her honesty. Shortly after, Walter contracts cholera and dies. Carol returns to Hong Kong and an uncertain future.

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Art Direction:
Daniel B. Cathcart
William A. Horning

Assistant Director:
William McGarry

Director:
Ronald Neame
Vincente Minnelli

Director of Photography:
Ray June

Editor:
Gene Ruggiero

Novel:
W. Somerset Maugham

Original Music Composer:
Miklós Rózsa

Producer:
David Lewis

Screenplay:
Karl Tunberg

Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Fred M. MacLean

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