The read
Scores higher than 83% of the 121 1940s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic88/100
464 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Ranald MacDougallScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan CrawfordMildred Pierce
- Jack CarsonWally Fay
- Zachary ScottMonte Beragon
- Eve ArdenIda Corwin
- Ann BlythVeda Pierce Forrester
- Bruce BennettAlbert 'Bert' Pierce
- Lee PatrickMaggie Biederhof
- Moroni OlsenInspector Peterson
- Veda Ann BorgMiriam Ellis
- Jo Ann MarloweKay Pierce
- Butterfly McQueenLottie (uncredited)
- Bill AlcornSoldier (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
daughterinfidelityhusband wife relationshiprestaurantsnobbusiness womanpromisespoiled childfilm noirmurderblack and whitebeach house