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Susan Slade is a american film of genre Drama directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 8 november 1961 with Connie Stevens
Susan Slade (1961)
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Add to a movie listSusan Slade is a 1961 American Technicolor drama film released by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Delmer Daves and stars Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens. The screenplay was based upon the 1961 novel The Sin of Susan Slade (1961) by Doris Hume.
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The plot revolves around a naive 17-year-old girl, Susan Slade (Connie Stevens), who becomes pregnant during a shipboard romance with Conn White, a mountain climber (Grant Williams). Her parents decide that it is best for Susan to allow them to pass the baby off as theirs to protect her reputation. Feeling helpless, Susan reluctantly agrees to pretend to be the baby's older sister. Later, two suitors, Hoyt Brecker (Troy Donahue) and Wells Corbett (Bert Convy) court Susan, not knowing that she is a mother. Susan increasingly struggles with the lie she is living with and finds it difficult to keep up the charade especially with the new love in her life.Actors
Connie Stevens
(Susan Slade)
Troy Donahue
(Hoyt Brecker)
Dorothy McGuire
(Leah Slade)
Lloyd Nolan
(Roger Slade)
Brian Aherne
(Stanton Corbett)
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