The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames is a 1947 drama film. A widow sets out to find the five men whose lives were saved by the sacrifice of her husband in World War II and judge whether they are worthy.

He goes to see her at the hospital, and finds her in a wheelchair, unable to walk. As the doctor can find no physical reason for the paralysis, he schedules an appointment with a psychiatrist. Smitty decides to treat her himself. He introduces himself as a friend of her husband David though not as one of the men he saved, and wheels her into a private room. She explains her mission to see if any of the men were worth Davids sacrifice, making it perfectly clear that she has already made up her mind. After a nurse gives her a sedative, Smitty accuses her of wallowing in selfpity, then tries to get Janet to change her mind by describing each of the men. He is so vivid that Janet can see and talk to them.The first man she interacts with is nightclub bouncer Joe Burton Richard Benedict. He and his singer girlfriend Katie Betsy Blair dream of building a house. Joe constructs a model of it from a deck of cards. Exasperated by their unrealistic aspirations, Janet blows the cards down. ........

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