Top billed cast

1. 

   Jennifer Jones

   Emma Bovary

2. 

   James Mason

   Gustave Flaubert

3. 

   Van Heflin

   Charles Bovary

4. 

   Louis Jourdan

   Rodolphe Boulanger

5. 

   Alf Kjellin

   Leon Dupuis

6. 

   Gene Lockhart

   J. Homais

7. 

   Frank Allenby

   Lheureux

8. 

   Gladys Cooper

   Madame Dupuis

9. 

   John Abbott

   Mayor Tuvache

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2015-07-12

Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour.

Madame Bovary is directed by Vincente Minnelli and adapted to screenplay by Robert Ardrey from the Gustave Flaubert novel. It stars Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart and James Mason. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by Robert H. Planck.

It's most interesting now watching Minnelli's picture and being able to place it in the time it was made. Also of major interest is reading up on what the critics of the time had to say about it. This version is an undoubt...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,076,000.00

Revenue
$2,016,000.00

Keywords

• lover
• trial
• adulteress