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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami( 1947)

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All women take to men who have the appearance of wickedness

Overview

A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Sanders

      Georges Duroy

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      Angela Lansbury

      Clotilde de Marelle

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      Ann Dvorak

      Madeleine Forestier

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      John Carradine

      Charles Forestier

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      Susan Douglas

      Suzanne Walter

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      Hugo Haas

      Monsieur Walter

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      Warren William

      Laroche-Mathieu

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      Frances Dee

      Marie de Varenne

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      Albert Bassermann

      Jacques Rival

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      Marie Wilson

      Rachel Michot

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      Katherine Emery

      Madame Walter

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      Richard Fraser

      Philippe de Cantel

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      John Good

      Paul de Cazolles

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      David Bond

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      Leonard Mudie

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      Karolyn Grimes

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      Jean Del Val

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      Olaf Hytten

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      Lumsden Hare

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      Betty Fairfax

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      C. Montague Shaw

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      Larry Steers

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      Gloria Grafton

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      Wyndham Standing

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      Jack Deery

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      John George

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      Rudy Germane

      Georges' Butler (uncredited)

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      Stuart Holmes

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      William H. O'Brien

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      Alexander Pollard

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      Jeffrey Sayre

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      Philip Sleeman

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      Count Stefenelli

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      Charles Trowbridge

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 03 2024
    George Sanders was always great as the cad, and rarely better than here. He is the seriously ambitious "Duroy" who decides that he can use woman as stepping stones to social acceptability. He's broke and jobless, but luckily encounters his war-time buddy "Forestiere" (John Carradine) who gets him job at a newspaper. Networking opportunities beckon. Initially, it's bar-fly "Rachel" (Rachel Wilson) who keeps him entertained, then he alights on the slightly more sophisticated "Clotilde" (Angela Lansbury) whom he has a genuine soft spot for, but she isn't going to get him anywhere near far enough u...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • journalist
    • manipulation
    • ambition
    • deception
    • duel
    • high society
    • rogue
    • scoundrel
    • war buddies
    • jilted woman
    • manipulated woman