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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jean Rouverol (written by) (front Jack Jevne) &
Hugo Butler (written by) (front Jack Jevne) ...
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Release Date:
1 August 1956 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In the dark, when I feel his heart pounding against mine - is it love? or frenzy? or terror?
Plot:
Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The autumn leaves of red and gold
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 8 November 2009, 6:40 PM, PST)

Spillane's Secretary In Kiss Me Deadly Dead At 84
 (From WENN. 15 April 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Millicent Wetherby

Vera Miles ... Virginia Hanson
Lorne Greene ... Mr. Hanson
Ruth Donnelly ... Liz Eckhart
Shepperd Strudwick ... Dr. Malcolm Couzzens
Selmer Jackson ... Mr. Wetherby
Maxine Cooper ... Nurse Evans
Marjorie Bennett ... Waitress
Frank Gerstle ... Mr. Ramsey
Leonard Mudie ... Colonel Hillyer
Maurice Manson ... Dr. Masterson

Cliff Robertson ... Burt Hanson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Way We Are (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
107 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[after meeting Milly's landlady, Liz, who is sporting a garishly "loud" Hawaiian-type, floral shirt]
Burt: Who's the character?
Milly: [smiles] Liz Eckhardt. She's the manager.
Burt: Is she always dressed for Halloween? In the middle of the summer?
Milly: [laughs] That happens to be one of her most conservative outfits!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Outrageous! (1977) more
Soundtrack:
Autumn Leaves more

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Joan Crawford in a top-drawer thriller, 25 April 1999
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Author: Michael Bragg (mbragg@menlocollege.menlo.edu) from Redwood Shores, CA

Joan Crawford gives a real tour-de-force as Milly, a work-obsessed, but lonely spinster who meets a handsome man, Burt (played wonderfully by Cliff Robertson), in a diner late one night. Their meeting turns into romance, and before Milly knows it, they are married in quickie Mexican nuptuals. When they return home, secrets from Burt's past began to come into the open. Before long, Burt turns into an abusive, dillusional schizophrenic. Crawford's performance is amazing (once you get past the shoulder pads and butch haircut) and Vera Miles' role as Burt's devious ex-wife is classic. Don't miss a vicious cat fight between Crawford, Miles, and Lorne Greene, in which Crawford spews at Miles, "And you, ya slut!" Director Robert Aldrich did a tremendous job of taking this melodrama, but never letting it turn into a total soap opera. Great show!

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