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Writer:
F. Hugh Herbert (writer)
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Release Date:
27 July 1950 (USA) more
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Tagline:
SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S unforgettable, compelling entertainment triumph!
Plot:
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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Horror Legend Kirk Dies at 79
 (From WENN. 23 October 2006)

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Cast

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Ann Blyth ... Gail Macaulay
Farley Granger ... Chuck
Joan Evans ... Joan Macaulay
Jane Wyatt ... Mrs. Fred (Lois) Macaulay
Ann Dvorak ... Mrs. Gert Lynch
Donald Cook ... Fred Macaulay

Natalie Wood ... Penny Macaulay
Gus Schilling ... Frank, TV Repairman
Phyllis Kirk ... Zaza
Jessica Grayson ... Violet
Martin Milner ... Bert
Rita Hamilton ... Gwendolyn
Ray Teal ... Mr. Jim Lynch
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Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Rita Hamilton and Phyllis Kirk's debut film. more

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Cornpone at its best, 5 July 2007
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Author: swinms from Houston, TX

Perpetually petulant Ann Blythe plays a middle-class girl who discovers a big family secret on her 18th birthday. Surprisingly, a few of the scenes are not 100% predictable and, occasionally, a character behaves in a way or says something that you haven't seen 1000 times in movies of this era. This must have been the movie that won Jane Wyatt her iconic role as the wife in Father Knows Best. By the time that series came around,she had it all down pat. My favorite character from the movie was ZaZa, Blythe's shallow but affluent best friend. ZaZa actually made you feel more sorry for her than you did for the main character! And she was the rich, pretty one! Did anyone else feel that Blythe was too old for this part? It's a perfectly fine melodrama with some surprises - not too many, though.

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