The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes99%
Metacritic98/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
1,755 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph L. MankiewiczDirector
- Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisMargo Channing
- Anne BaxterEve Harrington
- George SandersAddison DeWitt
- Celeste HolmKaren Richards
- Gary MerrillBill Sampson
- Hugh MarloweLloyd Richards
- Thelma RitterBirdie Coonan
- Gregory RatoffMax Fabian
- Marilyn MonroeMiss Caswell
- Barbara BatesPhoebe
- Walter HampdenAged Actor
- Randy StuartGirl
Stills
Themes
playwrighthollywoodblack and whiterelationshipinsecuritybroadwaybased on short storybroadway starmanipulative womanstage struckhomewreckerenchant
The Best Movies of the 1950s
All About Eve is #7 of 60
