Female on the Beach

19551955
ApprovedApproved
1h 37min

Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, and Jan Sterling in Female on the Beach (1955)

Crime Drama Film-Noir

Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.

Director
- Joseph Pevney
Writers
- Robert Hill
- Richard Alan Simmons
- Albert Zugsmith(unconfirmed)
Stars

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Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in Female on the Beach (1955)

Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Director
- Joseph Pevney
Writers
- Robert Hill
- Richard Alan Simmons
- Albert Zugsmith(unconfirmed) (uncredited)
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Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house...the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell (or was pushed) from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her muscular beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Taglines
- She was TOO HUNGRY FOR LOVE... to care where she found it!
Genres
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
According to Natalie Schafer, halfway through filming she was invited by Joan Crawford to her house for a small dinner party, but had to decline as she already had plans. When Schafer arrived onto the set the next morning, she found that her trailer had been physically moved almost to the parking lot of Universal.

Goofs
The type of doorbell that is featured prominently in Crawford's beach house, with four large chime tubes, in reality makes a very different sound than the doorbell sound effect that is heard on the soundtrack whenever the bell is rung.

Quotes
Drummond Hall: Why are you so angry with me?
Lynn Markham: I'm not anything with you, and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
Drummond Hall: I'd like to think we could be friends.
Lynn Markham: Why?
Drummond Hall: Well, for a starter, you...
Lynn Markham: Look, why don't you stop pressing? Mrs. Crandall might have been interested in your product, but Mrs. Markham is not.
Drummond Hall: You're taking an awful lot for granted, aren't you?
Lynn Markham: Strange; I was thinking the same thing about you.
Drummond Hall: Why? Just because I'm being friendly?
Lynn Markham: You're about as friendly as a suction pump.

Crazy credits
The main actors names, and the film's title are washed away by ocean waves.

Connections
Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

Top review

Crawford strikes again!

Freudian references aside,this well-mounted melodrama about a rich widow mixed up with a shady beach bum is definitely Crawford at her best. No simpering weak-kneed sister,this film noir-type story is a direct slap in the face to the Hollywood in the 50's who insisted on casting aging leading men with absurdly young leading ladies.The notion that older women need love and affection was considered almost absurd. Tennessee Williams territory!This film brought it smack dab in the face.Natalie Schaefer and Cecil Kellaway are fun as card sharks after Crawford's money.Jeff chandler is stolid as the beach bum.Judith Evelyn is touching as Eloise Crandall in the flashbacks. Jan Sterling is good as somewhat snaky realtor.Charles Drake is good as beach cop,t

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Sep 22, 2002

Release date
- July 22, 1955 (France)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Das Haus am Strand
Filming locations
- Balboa Beach, California, USA
Production company
- Universal International Pictures (UI)
See more company credits at IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 37min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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