A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.

Joan Crawford
as Harriet Craig

Wendell Corey
as Walter Craig

Lucile Watson
as Celia Fenwick

Allyn Joslyn
as Billy Birkmire

William Bishop
as Wes Miller

K.T. Stevens
as Clare Raymond

Viola Roache
as Mrs. Harold

Raymond Greenleaf
as Henry Fenwick

Ellen Corby
as Lottie

Virginia Brissac
as Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
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An elegant, demure, Joan Crawford is mesmerising in this compact and slightly menacing drama. She is the eponymous wife of "George" (Wendell Corey), on the face of it a happily married lady whose husband keeps her in a certain style. As we discover more about her personality, however, we encounter a...