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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Bette Davis | ... | Rosa Moline | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Doctor Louis Moline | |
| David Brian | ... | Neil Latimer | |
| Ruth Roman | ... | Carol Lawson | |
| Minor Watson | ... | Moose Lawson | |
| Dona Drake | ... | Jenny | |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Sorren | |
| Sarah Selby | ... | Mildred Sorren | |
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Rosa Moline is bored with life in a small town. She loves Chicago industrialist Neil Latimer who has a hunting lodge nearby. Rosa squeezes her husband's patients to pay their bills so she can visit Chicago; her husband's patience is also tried: he tells her to go and never come back. Once there, Neil tells her he doesn't want her. Back home and pregnant, Neil shows up and now wants her. The caretaker at Neil's lodge threatens to reveal her pregnancy... Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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chicago illinois | pregnant | small town | pregnancy | murder of an unborn child |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 October 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Gross USA:
$1,300,000, 31 December 1949Company Credits
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Rosa Moline: You.
Neil Latimer: You're a married woman.
Rosa Moline: You didn't make those millions by having scruples.
Neil Latimer: I just don't want your husband taking a pot-shot at me.
Rosa Moline: [laughs] Louis? He couldn't hit the side of a barn. I'm the shot of the family.
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(uncredited)
Music by Fred Fisher (1922)
Heard throughout as part of the background score
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Bette Davis was so unhappy about making this movie that she told Jack Warner: "If you want me to finish the film,let me out of my contract". Warner was only too happy to accept, because Davis was his highest-paid star and her last few movies had been unsuccessful. See more »Goofs
Prior to visiting lawyer's office, Rosa wipes off all her make-up, then is seen wearing bright lipstick during a close-up in waiting room, which immediately disappears for rest of scene. See more »Quotes
Neil Latimer: What's your game, Rosa? What do you want?Rosa Moline: You.
Neil Latimer: You're a married woman.
Rosa Moline: You didn't make those millions by having scruples.
Neil Latimer: I just don't want your husband taking a pot-shot at me.
Rosa Moline: [laughs] Louis? He couldn't hit the side of a barn. I'm the shot of the family.
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Crazy Credits
The film begins after the opening credits with this warning title: This is the story of evil. Evil is headstrong - is puffed up. For our souls sake, it is salutory for us to view it in all it's ugly nakedness once in a while. Thus may we know how those who deliver themselves over to it end up like the scorpion, in a mad frenzy stinging themselves to eternal death. See more »Soundtracks
Chicago(uncredited)
Music by Fred Fisher (1922)
Heard throughout as part of the background score
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While there ARE overdone and exaggerated moments in this film, it is also a near masterpiece! Bette Davis plays Rosa Moline, a small town strumpet who wants more than her hick doctor hubby can provide.
Bette's explosive performance is among the best of her career(and that's saying something!). Her character has to be among the most evil in motion picture history. What is remarkable is that Bette compels us to care about and, even root for this greedy and self centered woman. That is part of what makes Bette Davis the most versatile and most accomplished actress in motion picture history.
A particularly wonderful scene takes place later in the film. Rosa gives her husband a surprising bit of news at a picnic. Watch the sadness and mixed emotions that emanate from her eyes. What an amazing and bittersweet scene.
The problem with the film is that there are scenes that don't fully detail what happens to Rosa near the end of the film. Also, there were changes imposed on the film by the production code that weakened its narrative logic.
Despite a few flaws, this is a fabulous film. The highs and lows of Rosa Moline are compelling and complex. Like the sinister character Bette Davis portrays, the film is far deeper than it seems. Those who think of it only as camp should take a closer look.