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20/10/1945 Crime, Drama 1h 51m
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Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

Overview

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

  1. Michael Curtiz

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joan Crawford

    Mildred Pierce

  2. Jack Carson

    Wally Fay

  3. Zachary Scott

    Monte Beragon

  4. Eve Arden

    Ida Corwin

  5. Ann Blyth

    Veda Pierce Forrester

  6. Bruce Bennett

    Albert 'Bert' Pierce

  7. Lee Patrick

    Maggie Biederhof

  8. Moroni Olsen

    Inspector Peterson

  9. Veda Ann Borg

    Miriam Ellis

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-11-26
Veda, does a new house mean so much to you that you would trade me for it?

Mildred Pierce is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted from the James M. Cain novel by Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner and Catherine Turney. It stars Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Bruce Bennett and Eve Arden. Music is by Max Steiner and the cinematographer is Ernest Haller. It was nominated for 6 Academy Awards and won just the one for Crawford in the Best Actress category.

Plot finds Crawford as Mildred Pierce, a devoted Mother of two girls who struggles to not only make her marriag...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,453,000.00

Revenue
$5,638,000.00

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