Lonelyhearts

SOME WIVES CHEAT BECAUSE THEIR HUSBANDS DO... AND SOME BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NO GOOD!

Plot Summary

Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it's all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor William Shrike to crush the souls of his underlings. Adam feels his readers' pain, and eventually, he takes an assignment to meet with Faye Doyle, who is exasperated by her crippled husband. When Faye tries to seduce Adam, he must choose between his job and his girl.

6.1 /10

1959

US

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advice columnist

newspaper man

newspaper editor

passive aggression

peer pressure

jealous husband

columnist

lonely woman

unhappy wife

abused wife

proving oneself

thuggish boss

adulterous wife

father in prison

moral corruption

life advice

shattered reality

cruel husband

ambitious young writer

grizzled newspaper editor

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unforgiving husband

loyal girlfriend

sensitive young man

corruptablity

cynical man

soul crushing job