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Never Say Goodbye (1956)

6.6 | Mar 10, 1956 (US) | Drama, Romance | 01:36

Hated by the child who was her own... and forbidden to say "I am your mother."

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.

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Rock Hudson
Dr. Michael Parker
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Cornell Borchers
Lisa Gosting
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Shelley Fabares
Suzy Parker
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Ray Collins
Dr. Bailey
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David Janssen
Dave Heller
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Helen Wallace
Miss Tucker
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John Wengraf
Prof. Zimmelman
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Max Showalter
Andy Leonard

Reviews

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r96sk
6 | Jan 07, 2022
It's a really sweet story, but the execution of it to bring it to our screens is disappointing. The A to B of 'Never Say Goodbye' is rather endearing, with people reconnecting. However, how the film fills in the blanks is kinda shoddy. I found a lot of the dialogue to be cringeworthy and the way characters act came across as irritating. I will say most of that stems from the final 30 or so minutes, it's a tad more solid up until that point. The cast members themselves are good, it's all well acted. Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers and George Sanders are all decent value. The look of the film is also pleasant enough. I just wish the production itself, namely on the writing side, was more well made. Clint Eastwood has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it uncredited role, though is named - as 'Will'. Still a fair few films until his career really got going.