Madame X (1966)

Director:

David Lowell Rich

Writers:

Alexandre Bisson (play)
Jean Holloway (writer)

Release Date:

27 April 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH ALL ITS SEX AND DRAMA!

Plot:

A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Socialite | Accidental Death | Mother In Law | Trials

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lana Turner	...	Holly Parker
John Forsythe	...	Clayton Anderson
Ricardo Montalban	...	Phil Benton
Burgess Meredith	...	Dan Sullivan
John Van Dreelen	...	Christian Torben
Virginia Grey	...	Mimsy
Warren Stevens	...	Michael Spalding
Carl Benton Reid	...	The Judge
Teddy Quinn	...	Clayton Anderson, Jr., as a boy
Frank Maxwell	...	Dr. Evans
Kaaren Verne	...	Nurse Riborg
Joe De Santis	...	Carter
Frank Marth	...	Det. Combs
Bing Russell	...	Police Sgt. Riley
Teno Pollick	...	Manuel Lopez

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Playboy Mansion - 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Eltee

Trivia:

The exteriors of the Anderson estate were filmed at 10236 Charing Cross Road, Los Angeles, California. Six years later this mansion would become famous as The Playboy Mansion, though at that time it was owned by an engineer named Louis Statham.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Although the movie covers a 25-30 year span ending in the mid-Sixties, all of the women are dressed and coiffed in the height of mid-sixties fashions in scenes set in the late thirties/early forties.

Quotes:

Clayton 'Clay' Anderson: [to his mother while decorating Christmas tree] Mother, there aren't enough icicles on your side.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sladke sanje (2001)

Soundtrack:

Swedish Rhapsody

Madam X - a Lana Turner masterpiece

That Lana Turner played her beauty down so much in this movie, that she acted like a dream - this is the real Lana Turner. She was marvelous. This movie is a heart breaker. That darling son that defends her, not knowing she was his mother, and yet, had an instinct? This is Hollywood and Lana Turner at their finest. If you want true soap opera and none of the tripe, go for this. John Forsythe, Constance Bennett? Even they are tearing up at Lana's performance. Marvelous is all I can say. Marvelous!!!! I loved Lana Turner when she was younger, but her later movies such as this and Peyton Place? She was and will always be fantastic.