The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Everett FreemanScreenplay
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Esther WilliamsAnnette Kellerman
- Victor MatureJames Sullivan
- Walter PidgeonFrederick Kellerman
- David BrianAlfred Harper
- Donna CorcoranTen-Year-Old Annette
- Jesse WhiteDoc Cronnol
- Maria TallchiefPavlova
- Howard FreemanAldrich
- Charles WattsPoliceman
- Wilton GraffGarvey
- Frank FergusonProsecutor
- James BellJudge
Stills
Themes
divingriver thamesmusicalscandalswimming poolswimmer