Payment on Demand

He Strayed... and He Paid. She saw to that!

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt

Produced by Gwenaud Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

A mid-century marital drama that examines the pain and calculation of divorce through a woman's perspective, balancing bitterness with the possibility of reconciliation.

David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.