Il romanzo di Mildred
Trama
Mildred Pierce (Crawford), dopo anni di incomprensioni e di litigi, riesce finalmente a ottenere il sospirato divorzio dall'odiato marito. Lavorando giorno e notte apre un locale di sua proprietà. Mildred dopo la morte di una delle sue figlie si vede costretta ad allevare Veda (Blyth), e ad assecondare ogni suo desiderio. Costei, che ha un carattere capriccioso e arrivista, ricatta il marito dal quale la madre ha divorziato. Per riconquistare il suo affetto Mildred si risposa, ma il nuovo compagno la rovina economicamente e seduce Veda.
Per favore, non dite a nessuno cosa ha fatto Mildred Pierce!
(1945) Crime , Dramma
Data rilascio : 20/10/1945
regia di Michael Curtiz
Budget : 1.453.000,00 $
Incasso : 5.638.000,00 $
Cast
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson - Wally Fay
Zachary Scott - Monte Beragon
Eve Arden - Ida Corwin
Ann Blyth - Veda Pierce Forrester
Bruce Bennett - Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Lee Patrick - Maggie Biederhof
Moroni Olsen - Inspector Peterson
Veda Ann Borg - Miriam Ellis
Jo Ann Marlowe - Kay Pierce
Butterfly McQueen - Lottie (uncredited)
Bill Alcorn - Soldier (uncredited)
Betty Alexander - Party Guest (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames - Party Guest (uncredited)
George Anderson - Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)
Robert Arthur - High School Boy (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett - Waitress (uncredited)
Leah Baird - Police Matron (uncredited)
Dorothy Barrett - Dorothy (uncredited)
Barbara Brown - Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)
Claire Carleton - Thieving Waitress (uncredited)
Doria Caron - Waitress (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers - Personnel Man (uncredited)
Wallis Clark - Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)
Chester Clute - Mr. Jones (uncredited)
John Compton - Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)
Joyce Compton - Waitress (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper - Policeman (uncredited)
David Cota - Pancho (uncredited)
Tom Dillon - Policeman (uncredited)
James Flavin - Detective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Angela Greene - Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack - Little Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull - First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)
Charles Jordan - Policeman (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane - Waitress (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey - Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Richard Kipling - Personnel Man (uncredited)
Manart Kippen - Dr. Gale (uncredited)
Marion Lessing - Waitress (uncredited)
Jimmy Lono - Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)
Jean Lorraine - Woman (uncredited)
George Meader - Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller - Man (uncredited)
Jack Mower - Jack the Mailman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor - First Night Diner (uncredited)
Garry Owen - Policeman on Pier (uncredited)
Paul Panzer - Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Rio - Reporter (uncredited)
William Ruhl - Personnel Man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre - Diner Customer (uncredited)
Mary Servoss - Nurse (uncredited)
George Tobias - Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge - Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)
Johnny Walsh - Delivery Man (uncredited)
Joan Winfield - Piano Teacher (uncredited)
John Christian - Singing Teacher (uncredited)