The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Gene MarkeyWriter
- Donald Henderson ClarkeWriter
- Kathryn ScolaWriter
Cast
- Ruth ChattertonAlison Drake
- George BrentJim Thorne
- Lois WilsonHarriet Brown
- Johnny Mack BrownGeorge P. Cooper
- Ruth DonnellyMiss Frothingham
- Ferdinand GottschalkPettigrew
- Phillip ReedFreddie Claybourne
- Gavin GordonBriggs
- Kenneth ThomsonRed
- Huey WhitePuggy
- Douglass DumbrilleGeorge Mumford
- Spencer ChartersTom
Stills
Themes
factoryfree lovecareer womanengineerpre-codefemale executiveworking womanshooting gallery