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Title: Alma em Suplício (1945)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joan Crawford | ... | Mildred Pierce Beragon | |
| Jack Carson | ... | Wally Fay | |
| Zachary Scott | ... | Monte Beragon | |
| Eve Arden | ... | Ida Corwin | |
| Ann Blyth | ... | Veda Pierce | |
| Bruce Bennett | ... | Bert Pierce | |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Mrs. Maggie Biederhof | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Inspector Peterson | |
| Veda Ann Borg | ... | Miriam Ellis | |
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Jo Ann Marlowe | ... | Kay Pierce |
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When Mildred Pierce's out-of-work husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred's financial successes in the restaurant business, her oldest daughter, Veda, resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband, Mildred must evaluate her own freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter. Written by Jwelch5742
Plot Keywords:
restaurant | ungrateful daughter | dysfunctional marriage | ex husband ex wife relationship | mother daughter relationship |Taglines:
(gunshots)... Mildred! See more »Certificate:
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2 December 1946 (Portugal) See more »Also Known As:
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What a great movie this is even on my (I think) 4th viewing. Joan Crawford excels in the title role as does co-star Ann Blythe who normally played sickly sweet heroines. Here she is the manipulative narcissistic daughter. The tension builds throughout this movie, the script is excellent and all the minor roles are cast and played beautifully. Eve Arden is wonderful as the second banana, she is dry, droll, witty and jaded and gets this across so well and is a wonderful counterfoil to Joan's intense mothering. The ending is very satisfying and feels exactly right. Why don't they make them like this anymore. a 9 out of 10.