The Country Girl

Director Bernie Dodd (William Holden) is casting a new Broadway play and wants Frank Elgin (Bing Crosby), a washed-up actor, for the lead. Frank has been drinking for years, and his wife Georgie (Grace Kelly) stands beside him through every rehearsal, watched warily by a cast that has heard the stories. George Seaton, adapting Clifford Odets's play, keeps the camera close and the staging theatrical.