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Director:
John Erman
Writers:
Dominick Dunne (novel)
Derek Marlowe (writer)
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Release Date:
8 February 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Dominick Dunne: He Lived for Drama
 (From PEOPLE.com. 27 August 2009, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Author Dominick Dunne Loses Cancer Battle
 (From WENN. 26 August 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
good, trashy story, and old-time Hollywood to boot more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ann-Margret ... Ann Arden Grenville

Claudette Colbert ... Alice Grenville

Stephen Collins ... Billy Grenville Jr.
John Rubinstein ... Bratsie Bleeker
Elizabeth Ashley ... Babette Van Degan
Penny Fuller ... Cordelia Grenville Hardington
Kate Harper ... Felicity Grenville
Jana Shelden ... Grace Grenville
Peter Eyre ... Basil Plante
Alan Oppenheimer ... Sam Rosenthal
Sam Wanamaker ... District Attorney
Toria Fuller ... Esme Bland
Robert Sherman ... Billy Bob Veblen
Siân Phillips ... Duchess of Windsor
Michael Feinstein ... Pianist
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
Israel:310 min (2 parts)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Lorimar Telepictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Claudette Colbert's last film. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Frasier: The Two Mrs. Cranes (#4.1)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Speak Low more

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good, trashy story, and old-time Hollywood to boot, 23 July 2005
8/10
Author: blanche-2 from United States

This is a highly entertaining movie from the '80s when they still made them with opulence! "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" was originally a novel written by Dominick Dunne. The plot is based on the real-life story of the shooting of William Woodward, a New York socialite. The question asked for years afterwards was, did his wife shoot him by accident thinking he was a burglar as she claimed? Or did she deliberately kill him? The film explores this and the lives of the wealthy along the way.

In the movie, Ann-Margret portrays the chorus girl wife who marries way, way above her station. The other Mrs. Grenville is her mother-in-law, played to perfection by the still glamorous Claudette Colbert. People who knew Woodward's real-life mother, Elsie, state that Colbert was dead-on in the role. In the book, film, and real life, the elder Mrs. Grenville supports her daughter-in-law throughout but not because she believes her or can even tolerate her. She does it to protect the family from scandal.

The movie spans fifty years and will hold your interest throughout.

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