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Mildred Pierce

1945 · Film · 111 min

  • Crime
  • Drama

Plot

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

About Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American melodrama film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, and featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros. Pictures after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 1996, Mildred Pierce was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.

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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
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