In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece, Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.
Credits
The Lost Moment Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Susan Hayward
She was 30, 57 years old when she died
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as Tina Bordereau |
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Agnes Moorehead
She was 46, 73 years old when she died
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as Juliana Borderau |
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Robert Cummings
He was 39, 82 years old when he died
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as Lewis Venable |
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Frank Puglia
He was 55, 83 years old when he died
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as Pietro |
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William Edmunds
He was 61, 95 years old when he died
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as Vittorio |
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Minerva Urecal
She was 53, 71 years old when she died
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as Maria |
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John Archer
He was 32, 84 years old when he died
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as Charles Russell |
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Joan Lorring
She was 21, 88 years old when she died
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as Amelia |
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Eduardo Ciannelli
He was 48, 70 years old when he died
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as Father Rinaldo |
The Lost Moment Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Milton Carruth as Editor. He was 48 (73) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Daniele Amfitheatrof as Original Music Composer. He was 46 (81) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Henry James as Novel. He was 104 (72) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Leonardo Bercovici as Screenplay. He was 39 (87) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Hal Mohr as Director of Photography. He was 53 (79) years old when He died
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Camera |
