After years of enduring mental abuse and threats of physical violence from her first husband, Hayworth walked out on him in 1942, filing divorce on grounds of cruelty.
And rightly so: the film was a stink bomb, in part because it so clearly deviated from what had endeared Hayworth to audiences.
She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years.