Alcoholics Anonymous, the Hollywood treatment

Occasionally overacted but overall a very nice look at AA....though they NEVER call it AA.

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

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Richard Egan and Julie London in Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Why does Ellen keep bringing you around here? What does she expect a few cc's of vitamins to do?

Well make a payment on the bill and I'll see what I can do.

I didn't mean that. Boy, what you do to me. You know I'm really a very nice fella. You should hear me on the phone at three o'clock in the morning soothing some poor old hypochondriac; gentle, kindly, understanding. But you?

The Case history of the two Jim Burtons. Hey, do you know you've been coming to see me for over six years now? Your first visit was with Ellen. The two of you were wondering if she might be pregnant.

was quite sure. After that the usual things; a little sinus trouble, head colds, in-grown toenail. Then a few years ago, the first Jim Burton went away. And the other one - brother; hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, all down the drain. Chronic Alcoholism.

Prognosis? There's an old Spanish proverb; the only cure for the drunkard is death.

The proverb is true. Alright, why even bother trying to figure you out?

And do you still have that other chart? Isn't there a page or two somewhere on someone called Laura Burton? Just a few modest entries. Born, lived and died, all in three years - with a fancy Latin phrase explaining why.

Ellen lost a child too but she didn't become a drunk.

She didn't have to; I gave her a new child to look after. A little boy. Me.

If it hadn't been Laura's death, you'd have found another excuse.

One day, you would have broken a shoelace and that would have been your excuse. You were drinking before the child died.

I earned my own living. I didn't steal from my wife's purse and could have stopped drinking any time I wanted to.

Richard Egan and Arthur O'Connell in Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Harry Bartell, Richard Egan, and Julie London in Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Walter Matthau, Julie London, and Arthur O'Connell in Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Peggy Converse and Richard Egan in Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Richard Egan

Julie London

Walter Matthau

Lawrence B. Marcus

Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by his hard-working wife. A doctor&apos;s warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to...

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Voice in the Mirror

Unjustly obscure

It&apos;s rather curious that this film is not as famous as it deserves to be. It is a very well made film with outstanding performances by Richard Egan, Julie London, Arthur O&apos;Connell and Walter Matthau. The Henry Mancini score is also noteworthy. I also appreciated that the main focus of the film was finding a solution to the problem of alcoholism. Richard Egan gives one of the best perfomances of his career. I just read in the AFI page that Universal International reissued the film in 1958 with the hopes that Mr. Egan would get an Oscar nonimation for his role. He certainly deserved one for this.

It's rather curious that this film is not as famous as it deserves to be. It is a very well made film with outstanding performances by Richard Egan, Julie London, Arthur O'Connell and Walter Matthau. The Henry Mancini score is also noteworthy. I also appreciated that the main focus of the film was finding a solution to the problem of alcoholism. Richard Egan gives one of the best perfomances of his career. I just read in the AFI page that Universal International reissued the film in 1958 with the hopes that Mr. Egan would get an Oscar nonimation for his role. He certainly deserved one for this.

Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by his hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself, but he can't. One night, he meets fellow alcoholic William Tobin and discovers that he helps himself by trying to help Tobin. Thus is born a group resembling Alcoholics Anonymous.

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