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Release Date:
20 August 1953 (Sweden) more
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So dangerous...destructive...deadly to love! more
Plot:
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man. | add synopsis
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Jennifer Jones obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 20 December 2009, 9:33 AM, PST)

Charlton Heston Dies at 84
 (From IMDb News. 6 April 2008)

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Cast

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Jennifer Jones ... Ruby Gentry

Charlton Heston ... Boake Tackman

Karl Malden ... Jim Gentry
Tom Tully ... Jud Corey
Barney Phillips ... Dr. Saul Manfred / Narrator (as Bernard Phillips)
James Anderson ... Jewel Corey
Josephine Hutchinson ... Letitia Gentry
Phyllis Avery ... Tracy McAuliffe
Herbert Heyes ... Judge Tackman
Myra Marsh ... Ma Corey
Charles Cane ... Cullen McAuliffe
Sam Flint ... Neil Fallgren
Frank Wilcox ... Clyde Pratt
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82 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Errors in geography: Early in the film, Ruby and Boake are driving on the beach in his car. There are noticeable mountains in the background. Since the film takes place on the coast of North Carolina, the landscape should be flat with the exception of sand dunes. more
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Ruby Gentry: Turn off the pumps. more
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When Tracy invites Dr. Manfred to her party in honor of Boake's return from South America the Dr. declines because he says he has an engagement. Why does Ruby look up at him with a stunned look on her face?
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"Ruby on My Mind", 4 November 2003
9/10
Author: smithy-8 from New Jersey

"Ruby Gentry" is Charlton Heston's only sexy movie. It helped to have Jennifer Jones in it. The movie is about a poor girl from the South marrying a rich man when her boyfriend marries a wealthy woman. It is a good short movie. Some of the scenes get carried away, but the movie is still fun to watch. Karl Malden plays the older husband, who in reality is only a few years older than Ms. Jones, however, it works.

The song "Ruby on my Mind" helps make the movie more sensual. This was the director's (King Vidor) second movie with Ms. Jones and he makes this movie move like he did with the long movie, "Duel in the Sun" (1946).

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