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Spoilers

I don't know what constitutes spoilers so I only included what would probably be found on the movie cover. I suppose wikipedia is not the place, but I have to comment on the unease that permeates the movie, and how you both hate and hope for Milland. You even catch a glimpse of why he could be great, and what he sees in the alcohol. --Ignignot 17:27, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to novel may be inaccurate

I happen to own the novel and I believe the reference in this article to the author/protagonist having an "affair" with someone in college is inaccurate. I recall it more as a homosexual infatuation. Can anyone reference a specific page in the book where it is described as an affair? A great book but I'd hate to have to pour through it again for that reference.--Mantanmoreland 23:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Homosexuality is a sub-theme to the novel that was left out (censorship being what it was in the 1940s)of the film. Don's alcoholism is partly motivated by insecurity over his latent homosexuality. In the book and not the film: the medical orderly "Bim" makes a pass at Don.

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 == Reference to novel may be inaccurate ==
 I happen to own the novel and I believe the reference in this article to the author/protagonist having an "affair" with someone in college is inaccurate. I recall it more as a homosexual infatuation. Can anyone reference a specific page in the book where it is described as an affair? A great book but I'd hate to have to pour through it again for that reference.--[[User:Mantanmoreland|Mantanmoreland]] 23:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
+Homosexuality is a sub-theme to the novel that was left out (censorship being what it was in the 1940s)of the film. Don's alcoholism is partly motivated by insecurity over his latent homosexuality. In the book and not the film: the medical orderly "Bim" makes a pass at Don.