Delmer Daves

Tired of stuffy New England, Prudence Bell longs for a Rome Adventure. So she heads for the Eternal City and encounters a handsome student, a dashing older man, and competition from a wily woman of the world.

Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, a ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.

A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass the baby off as her own. Can Susan deny her own child, even if revealing the truth means giving up a second chance at love?

Based on the true story of a Marine blinded in the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. The story deals with the anger and fear he must confront once he returns home to civilian life and a world of darkness.