Synopsis
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. A fictionalized account of true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
- Edward B. PowellOriginal Music Composer
- Walter ReischScreenplay
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
Cast
- Ray MillandStanford White
- Joan CollinsEvelyn Nesbit Thaw
- Farley GrangerHarry Kendall Thaw
- Luther AdlerDelphin Delmas
- Cornelia Otis SkinnerMrs. Thaw
- Glenda FarrellMrs. Nesbit
- Frances FullerMrs. Elizabeth White
- Phillip ReedRobert Collier
- Gale RobbinsGwen Arden
- James LorimerMcCaleb
- John HoytWilliam Travers Jerome
- Robert F. SimonStage Manager (as Robert Simon)
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Themes
new york citylove trianglearchitectbased on true storywoman between two menpublic murderbroadwayshowgirlmadison square gardenrevenge killingbusiness tycoon1900s