该电影由Vincent J. Donehue执导，蒙哥马利·克利夫特、罗伯特·瑞安、玛娜·洛伊、多洛蕾丝·哈特、玛伦·斯塔普莱顿等主演，于1958年上映。在104分钟的叙事中，《寂寞孤心》（又名：伤心小姐）Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employees journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into meeting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, self-pitying woman who makes a play for him. Adam is torn between his loyalty to the newspaper and his girl Justy.