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Director:
Ranald MacDougall
Writers:
Edna L. Lee (novel)
Ranald MacDougall (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 November 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
She's so excitingly good . . . when she's so wonderfully bad!
Plot:
Eva Phillips is a Southern socialite whose manipulation and ruthlessness ruins the lives of everyone around her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Joan in drag more

Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Eva Phillips
Barry Sullivan ... Avery 'Beauty' Phillips
Betsy Palmer ... Carol Lee Phillips
John Ireland ... Judson Prentiss
Lucy Marlow ... Jennifer Stewart
William Leslie ... Ty McKinnon
Fay Wray ... Sue McKinnon
Katherine Anderson ... Miss Breen
Tim Hovey ... Ted Phillips
Linda Bennett ... Trissa Phillips
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Christina Crawford, Joan Crawford's adopted daughter, recounted in her autobiography "Mommy Dearest" that she had to leave the theater midway through a showing of this film because it was too true-to-life in her mother's portrayal of the main character. more
Quotes:
Eva Phillips: Don't you look sweet, even in those tacky old riding clothes? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV) more

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Joan in drag, 3 February 2007
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Author: swanky7611 from Montgomery Co, Maryland

I saw this movie this morning on TCM. All these lines in there about Joan Crawford being a beautiful woman. One was ' I can't believe he stood there shaking, hasn't he ever seen a beautiful woman before?' Joan had big bushy black eye brows, and even though it was in black and white, her hair I think was orange and she had a mannish looking jaw line. Don't know what criteria of beauty they were using in this movie but to me she looked like a short man in drag. There is a very good slap across the face scene too. It didn't look like a stage slap either, it looked like the real thing. The movie was very entertaining in an over the top campy way. Some of the lines were hysterical but not meant to be funny which made them even funnier. If you are into camp and a Joan Crawford fan you must see this one.

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