Home Before Dark
“A pretty girl and the stunning shock that marriage brings her!”
1958 · 2 h 16 min
Mervyn LeRoyCast
Jean Simmons 
Dan O'Herlihy 
Rhonda Fleming 
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 
Mabel Albertson 
Stephen Dunne
Credits
Written by: Eileen Bassing
Plot
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized, and faces her husband and stepsister.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mervyn LeRoy's drama, with Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy and Rhonda Fleming, is a long, serious film with a fine, sensitive Simmons.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,370 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
If you liked this
Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Miloš Forman · IMDb 8.6 · Viewers also liked
- Imitation of Life 1959 · Douglas Sirk · IMDb 7.8 · Same movement
- The Children Act 2017 · Richard Eyre · IMDb 6.7 · Viewers also liked
- The Snake Pit 1948 · Anatole Litvak · IMDb 7.5 · Viewers also liked
- Autumn Leaves 1956 · Robert Aldrich · IMDb 6.9 · Same movement
- The Nun's Story 1959 · Fred Zinnemann · IMDb 7.5 · Same movement