Mildred Pierce

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Cast

Joan Crawford

as Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

as Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

as Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

as Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

as Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

as Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

as Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

as Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

as Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

as Kay Pierce

Reviews

John Chard

Veda, does a new house mean so much to you that you would trade me for it? Mildred Pierce is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted from the James M. Cain novel by Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner and Catherine Turney. It stars Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Bruce Benne...

CinemaSerf

Saw this recently on the big screen at the BFI in London. Joan Crawford is simply stunning as a drab housewife, deserted by her useless husband, who starts off working in a restaurant kitchen as she strives for success and to be able to give her spoilt daughter the best that money can buy. Ann Blyth...

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