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Mildred Pierce( 1945)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joan Crawford

      Mildred Pierce

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      Jack Carson

      Wally Fay

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      Zachary Scott

      Monte Beragon

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      Eve Arden

      Ida Corwin

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      Ann Blyth

      Veda Pierce Forrester

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      Bruce Bennett

      Albert 'Bert' Pierce

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      Lee Patrick

      Maggie Biederhof

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      Moroni Olsen

      Inspector Peterson

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      Veda Ann Borg

      Miriam Ellis

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      Jo Ann Marlowe

      Kay Pierce

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      Butterfly McQueen

      Lottie (uncredited)

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      Bill Alcorn

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Betty Alexander

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Ramsay Ames

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      George Anderson

      Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

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      Robert Arthur

      High School Boy (uncredited)

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      Lynn Baggett

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Leah Baird

      Police Matron (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Barrett

      Dorothy (uncredited)

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      Barbara Brown

      Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

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      Claire Carleton

      Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

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      Doria Caron

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Wheaton Chambers

      Personnel Man (uncredited)

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      Wallis Clark

      Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

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      Chester Clute

      Mr. Jones (uncredited)

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      John Compton

      Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

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      Joyce Compton

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Clancy Cooper

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      David Cota

      Pancho (uncredited)

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      Tom Dillon

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      James Flavin

      Detective (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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      Angela Greene

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Hack

      Little Girl (uncredited)

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      Arthur Stuart Hull

      First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

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      Charles Jordan

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Marjorie Kane

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Fred Kelsey

      Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

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      Richard Kipling

      Personnel Man (uncredited)

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      Manart Kippen

      Dr. Gale (uncredited)

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      Marion Lessing

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Jimmy Lono

      Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)

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      Jean Lorraine

      Woman (uncredited)

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      George Meader

      Man (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Man (uncredited)

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      Jack Mower

      Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      First Night Diner (uncredited)

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      Garry Owen

      Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

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      Paul Panzer

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Larry Rio

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      William Ruhl

      Personnel Man (uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Diner Customer (uncredited)

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      Mary Servoss

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      George Tobias

      Mr. Chris (uncredited)

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      Charles Trowbridge

      Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

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      Johnny Walsh

      Delivery Man (uncredited)

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      Joan Winfield

      Piano Teacher (uncredited)

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      John Christian

      Singing Teacher (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Nov 26 2019
    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 marriage...

    Media

    Videos 8Backdrops 15Posters 35

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1453000.00

    Revenue

    5638000.00

    Keywords

    • daughter
    • infidelity
    • husband wife relationship
    • restaurant
    • snob
    • business woman
    • promise
    • spoiled child
    • film noir
    • murder
    • black and white
    • beach house
    • frame up
    • ex-husband ex-wife relationship
    • told in flashback
    • nightclub singer
    • mother daughter estrangement
    • business partner
    • ungrateful child
    • mother daughter relationship