"An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together."
Cliff Robertson
as Joe Clay
Piper Laurie
as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Charles Bickford
as Ellis Arnesen
Malcolm Atterbury
as Jim Hungerford
Dick Elliott
as Mr. Trayner
Mimi Gibson
as Debbie Clay
Douglas Henderson
as Rad
Marc Lawrence
as Scarface
Martha Wentworth
as Mrs. Nolan
Sterling Hayden
as Self (introduction)
J.P. Miller
Writer
Fred Coe
Producer
Bo Goldman
Associate Producer
Russell Stoneham
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
John Frankenheimer
Director