In the first version shot of the movie, Gloria Grahame was killed, but then director Nicolas Ray (her husband) changed his mind: “Shit, I can’t do it, I just can’t do it! Romances don’t have to end that way. Marriages don’t have to end that way, they don’t have to end in violence.” This was before the night she pulled a handgun on him, ordering him to “fuck or die”. Also before she slept with his 13-year-old son. So: trust your instincts? ⠀