A Rage To Live (1965)

A young girl (Suzanne Pleshette) discovers she has an unbridled appetite for sex. She tries to suppress it but even a happy marriage to a man (Bradford Dillman) she loves can't prevent her from engaging in affairs with other men. Based on the novel by John O'Hara and directed by Walter Grauman (LADY IN A CAGE). Poor John O'Hara has never been done justice by Hollywood, not really. While trashy novels like PEYTON PLACE have been converted into insightful and sensitive films, O'Hara's acclaimed novel A RAGE TO LIVE has been reduced to a lurid soap opera about a nymphomaniac. O'Hara wasn't as judgmental as the movie is about his heroine's sexual appetite. If a man sleeps around, he's a stud. If a woman does it, she's a slut! O'Hara's book has been rewritten for the screen as a morality tale. If a married woman screws around on her husband, she'll be left alone. Howard Shoup's costumes received an Oscar nomination. The book and film's title comes from a poem by Alexander Pope. With Ben Gazzara, Peter Graves, Bethel Leslie, Carmen Mathews, Virginia Christine, Mark Goddard, Sarah Marshall, Linden Chiles and Brett Somers.