From the Terrace

From the Terrace is a 1960 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, George Grizzard and Leon Ames, with a young Barbara Eden appearing in one scene.

In 1946, David Alfred Eaton returns home from the war to Philadelphia. He finds his mother Martha driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband Samuel Eaton, owner of a prestigious iron and steel company. Having withdrawn from his family after the death of his firstborn son thirteen years earlier, Samuels resentment drove Alfred to turn his back on the family business and strike out on his own with his closest friend, Lex Porter.While attending a party at the estate of Lexs wealthy uncle, Alfred is dazzled by Mary St. John, the daughter of a wealthy family. Mary is drawn into a relationship with Alfred and breaks off her secret engagement to Dr. Jim Roper, defying her parents. After a humiliating argument, Alfreds father falls ill, and Alfred shuns the family business once again to start an aviation company with Lex. ........

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