Daisy Kenyon
These Three Together... IN A LOVE ONLY TWO CAN SHARE!
DramaRomanceadulterylove trianglewar veteranartistlawyerlove affairdivorceextramarital affaircape codboatbuilding
A mid-century romantic drama exploring the moral and emotional complications of a woman caught between two men, navigating desire, duty, and self-discovery.
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
Essence
Ensemble
Joan Crawford
Daisy Kenyon
Dana Andrews
Dan O'Mara
Henry Fonda
Peter Lapham
Ruth Warrick
Lucille O'Mara
Martha Stewart
Mary Angelus
Peggy Ann Garner
Rosamund O'Mara
Connie Marshall
Marie O'Mara
Nicholas Joy
Coverly
Art Baker
Lucille's Attorney
Walter Winchell
himself
Leonard Lyons
himself
Mae Marsh
Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)
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