Storyline

Miss Dove is a strict disciplinary, plus a well respected teacher, who has inspired her students to individual greatness. One day during class, Miss Dove experiences great pain in her back, but continues with the class. After class she asks one of her students who is staying after class to get a doctor. Thomas, a doctor, and a former student of her's takes her to the hospital and hospitalizes her. While in the hospital her former students rally around her causing Miss Dove to reflect on her past.—Kelly

Plot Keywords

schoolteacher, doctor, police officer, playwright, banker, convict, melodramatic, endearing, small town, hospital, school, love, respect, memory, illness, growing up, sacrifice, 1950s

Short Review

Jennifer Jones does an excellent job aging from 21 to 56. The movie could have easily become maudlin but, instead, tells the story with charm without feeling you are being manipulated. I'm not sure that there was another Hollywood actress, at the time, that could have pulled it off. She still had some of the "shine" from the role of St Bernadette from "A Song of Bernadette."

Trailer

Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership