Mildred Pierce (1945)
Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!
1945 · NR · 1h 51m · Crime, Drama
Genres: Crime, Drama
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Ranald MacDougall, James M. Cain
Music by: Max Steiner
Cinematography: Ernest Haller
Editor: David Weisbart
Box office: $6M · Budget: $1M · Rated 7.6/10 by 459 viewers
Cast
Joan Crawford as Mildred PierceJack Carson as Wally FayZachary Scott as Monte BeragonEve Arden as Ida CorwinAnn Blyth as Veda Pierce ForresterBruce Bennett as Albert 'Bert' PierceLee Patrick as Maggie BiederhofMoroni Olsen as Inspector PetersonVeda Ann Borg as Miriam EllisJo Ann Marlowe as Kay PierceButterfly McQueen as Lottie (uncredited)Bill Alcorn as Soldier (uncredited)More like this
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