Mildred Pierce
- 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.
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Written by
- Ranald MacDougall
- Based on
- James M. Cain
Cast
- Joan Crawford
- Jack Carson
- Zachary Scott
- Eve Arden
- Ann Blyth
- Bruce Bennett
- Lee Patrick
- Moroni Olsen
- Veda Ann Borg
- Jo Ann Marlowe
- Butterfly McQueen
- Bill Alcorn
Keywords
- bold
- mother daughter relationship
- tragic
- mother daughter estrangement
- shocking
- husband wife relationship
- business woman
- melodramatic
- murder
- zealous
- black and white
- restaurant
- introspective
- daughter
- complicated
- infidelity
- told in flashback
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- film noir
- beach house
- frame up
- spoiled child
- snob
- promise
- nightclub singer
- business partner
- ungrateful child
Casablanca
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Doctor X
White Christmas
British Agent
Yankee Doodle Dandy