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Overview

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Director:
David Miller
Writers:
Lenore J. Coffee (writer)
Edna Sherry (novel)
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Release Date:
August 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
Every Suspenseful Moment...Every Embrace...Every Kiss - A Breathtaking Experience! more
Plot:
A wealthy lady playwright is wooed by and ultimately marries a younger actor/con artist she once fired. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Movie Bad Guy Palance Dead at 87
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 November 2006)

Oscar-Winning Actor Jack Palance Dies at 87
 (From IMDb News. 12 November 2006)

User Comments:
Joan and Jack are an impressive duo...good suspense... more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Joan Crawford ... Myra Hudson

Jack Palance ... Lester Blaine

Gloria Grahame ... Irene Neves
Bruce Bennett ... Steve Kearney
Virginia Huston ... Ann Taylor

Mike Connors ... Junior Kearney (as Touch Connors)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

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Trivia:
Marlon Brando was originally offered the role of Lester Blaine more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Lester puts down Irene's telephone, he calls out her name three times but the second we hear her name, his lips don't move at all. more
Quotes:
Myra Hudson: A woman has to wear lipstick. I'd feel positively naked without it! more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
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16 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Joan and Jack are an impressive duo...good suspense..., 24 June 2001
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Joan Crawford is a playwright who marries Jack Palance and then realizes he is planning to kill her. The formula works this time, thanks largely to the impressive acting of both Crawford and her leading man, Jack Palance. Gloria Grahame is the "other woman" (as usual) and plays an important part in the plot twist that provides a surprise ending.

Nail biting suspense, this is a film noirish kind of thriller that goes into full gear once Crawford learns her marriage is a mistake. Both Joan and Bette Davis (real-life rivals) were nominated for Best Actress Oscars when this was released (Davis for 'The Star') but they both lost to Shirley Booth (for 'Come Back, Little Sheba').

A good, crisp, no-nonsense thriller that showed us how good Jack Palance was in sinister roles.

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