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Movie queen Margaret Elliot's popularity and fortune have gone bad. But she's sure she can jump-start her dimming career. "One good picture is all I need," she says.
As Margaret, Bette Davis got yet another good picture and earned her ninth Academy Award nomination. Davis' confident, perceptive performance lends absolute authenticity, as did a prop she provided. An Oscar statuette—set noticeably on the car dashboard during Margaret's drunken spin through Beverly Hills—was one of two Davis owned.
Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood co-star in this gripping story that has "many moments of truth" (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide).
Original Release
12/11/1952
US Release
12/11/1952
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Bette Davis | Margaret Elliot |
Sterling Hayden | Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester |
Natalie Wood | Gretchen |
Warner Anderson | Harry Stone |
Minor Watson | Joe Morrison |
June Travis | Phyllis Stone |
Paul Frees | Richard Stanley |
Robert Warwick | R.J., Aging Actor at Party / R.J. an Aging Actor at Party |
Barbara Lawrence | Barbara Lawrence |
Fay Baker | Faith |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bette Davis | Margaret Elliot |
Sterling Hayden | Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester |
Natalie Wood | Gretchen |
Warner Anderson | Harry Stone |
Minor Watson | Joe Morrison |
June Travis | Phyllis Stone |
Paul Frees | Richard Stanley |
Robert Warwick | R.J., Aging Actor at Party / R.J. an Aging Actor at Party |
Barbara Lawrence | Barbara Lawrence |
Fay Baker | Faith |
Herb Vigran | Roy |
David Alpert | Keith Barkley - Director |
James Anderson | Bailey - Actor playing Jed Garfield in The Fatal Winter |
Florence Auer | Annie's Friend in Store |
Marie Blake | Annie, Stones' Maid |
Paul Bradley | Party Guest |
Claire Carleton | Jailbird |
Steve Carruthers | Party Guest |
Oliver Cross | Party Guest |
Russell Custer | Police Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bert E. Friedlob | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1953 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |