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6.8/10 • 50

1949-10-211h 37m

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Nobody's as good as Bette when she's bad!

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.

Directors
King Vidor
Editors
Rudi Fehr

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Rosa Moline

  2. Joseph Cotten

    Joseph Cotten

    Doctor Louis Moline

  3. David Brian

    David Brian

    Neil Latimer

  4. Ruth Roman

    Ruth Roman

    Carol

  5. Minor Watson

    Minor Watson

    Moose

  6. Dona Drake

    Dona Drake

    Jenny

  7. Regis Toomey

    Regis Toomey

    Sorren

  8. Sarah Selby

    Sarah Selby

    Mildred

  9. Ann Doran

    Ann Doran

    Edith Williams

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CONVERT94

Nov 8, 2017

10/10

Who better than Ms. Davis to impersonate herself? This is her last film for Warner Brothers so old Harry gave her the screws with this melodramatic pot-boiler which, as it turn out, is an absolute hoot. A plethora of zingers, one-liners and one of the most famous lines in American cinema ("What a dump"), Bette chews up the scenery in her long hair wig and heaving breasts like never before. She's just plain nasty and as Elizabeth Taylor would later describe her to Richard Burton in "WAOVA", she's "discontent" or she's a housewife..."She buys things". Well, the only thing BD buys here is a one way ticket to the platform of the local Chicago bound train depot, before applying a slathering of make-up which surely was a try-out for Baby Jane. You must watch this if you love campy, over-the-top emoting by an iconic actress hell-bend on career self-destruction.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,589,000.00
Revenue
$1,738,000.00
Keywords
small townpregnancyfilm noircampy