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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   11,213 votes
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Director:
Robert Aldrich
Writers:
Henry Farrell (novel)
Lukas Heller (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 October 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Sister, sister, oh so fair, why is there blood all over your hair? more
Plot:
In a decaying Hollywood mansion, Jane Hudson, a former child star, and her sister Blanche, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Spillane's Secretary In Kiss Me Deadly Dead At 84
 (From WENN. 15 April 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)

Bette To Star On Broadway
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 March 1998)

User Comments:
The Movie Was Excellent more (124 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bette Davis ... Baby Jane Hudson

Joan Crawford ... Blanche Hudson
Victor Buono ... Edwin Flagg
Wesley Addy ... Marty Mc Donald
Julie Allred ... Baby Jane Hudson, in 1917
Anne Barton ... Cora Hudson (as Ann Barton)
Marjorie Bennett ... Dehlia Flagg
Bert Freed ... Ben Golden (as Robert Freed)
Anna Lee ... Mrs. Bates

Maidie Norman ... Elvira Stitt
Dave Willock ... Ray Hudson
William Aldrich ... Lunch counter assistant at beach
Russ Conway ... Police Officer
Maxine Cooper ... Bank teller
Robert Cornthwaite ... Dr. Shelby
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Additional Details

Runtime:
134 min | Argentina:135 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
UK:18 (1988 rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | France:-12 | Ireland:12 | Spain:18 | Germany:16 (f) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12A (re-rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:Unrated

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A freeze-frame just as the car enters the driveway in the prologue reveals the secret of who was driving the car the night Blanche was paralyzed. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Jane kicks Blanche, Blanche falls and Jane walks around her to kick her again, but when she kicks her again, she is in the same position that she was when she first kicked her, obviously as she kicks her from the right side of the screen (she would be on the left side of the screen if she walked around her). more
Quotes:
Jane: It's just that nosy Mrs. Bates going on about your picture last night.
Blanche: Oh, really, did she like it?
Jane: [imitating Blanche's voice] Oh, really, did she like it?... She liked it!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Smart & Smarter (#15.13)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
I'VE WRITTEN A LETTER TO DADDY more

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34 out of 39 people found the following comment useful.
The Movie Was Excellent, 1 August 2006
8/10
Author: ijahra-1 from Trinidad and Tobago

The movie was suspenseful to the end and the musical score was awesome. I only disagreed with Henry Flagg's role, and he was such a wimp! It was great to see two '30- '50s Divas in one film, especially Joan Crawford's duplicitous role as a wronged sister. Bette Davis was truly deranged by the alcohol and the light switch personality changes was a joy to see. I especially loved the facial changes between the regression to the childlike Baby Jane and the hatred-driven character who was destined to take care of a sister more successful than her in adulthood. It may be a slow development of a story by today's standards, but the pace was good for me. I was intrigued to the end and suspected nothing like the final outcome.

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