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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Lana Turner | ... | Holly Parker | |
| John Forsythe | ... | Clay 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 | |
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Teddy Quinn | ... | Clay Anderson Jr. as a Boy |
| Frank Maxwell | ... | Dr. Evans | |
| Kaaren Verne | ... | Nurse Riborg (as Karen Verne) | |
| Joe De Santis | ... | Carter (as Joe DeSantis) | |
| Frank Marth | ... | Det. Combs | |
| Bing Russell | ... | Police Sgt. Riley | |
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Teno Pollick | ... | Manuel Lopez |
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A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, she is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who is a public defender. Hoping to continue to protect her son, she refuses to give her real name and is known to the court as the defendant, "Madame X." Written by Richard Blinkal <phelam@netcom.com>
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trial | accidental death | assumed identity | europe | based on play |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 June 1966 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Bilinmeyen Kadin See more »Filming Locations:
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Movie was featured in episode 13 of season 4 of Girls of the Playboy Mansion where Hugh Hefner shows his three girlfriends where the Mansion was featured in the movie. See more »Goofs
Although Holly marries into the wealthy Anderson family, the initial on the gates of the estate where they live is G not A (film was shot on location at Greystoke Manor in Los Angeles). See more »Quotes
Clayton 'Clay' Anderson: [to his mother while decorating Christmas tree] Mother, there aren't enough icicles on your side.See more »
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This tear-jerking melodrama gives Lana Turner her last great role(before her late'60s,early'70s hokum)and it is surely her greatest performance. Who knew she had it in her? Turner plays the doomed Holly, a shop girl from San Francisco who marries into a rich,political family on the East Coast. Her demented mother-in-law(Constance Bennett in her last role)hates Holly and eventually forces her to fake her own death and take on a new identity. Holly gets a makeover in Europe and falls into alcohol and drugs in Mexico, before the final shocking plot twist. Lush, dramatic, and moving, "Madame X" is a classy production all the way, and a total Lana showcase.