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Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

7,6 /10 (451 Votes)
1945 EN 111 min

Overview

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

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Release date

20/10/1945

Votes

451

Popularity

2.4

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Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

111 min

Budget

$1,453,000

Revenue

$5,638,000

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

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Bill Alcorn

Soldier (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Betty Alexander

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ramsay Ames

Ramsay Ames

Party Guest (uncredited)

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George Anderson

Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

High School Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett

Lynn Baggett

Waitress (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Leah Baird

Police Matron (uncredited)

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Dorothy Barrett

Dorothy (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

Claire Carleton

Claire Carleton

Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

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Doria Caron

Waitress (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Wheaton Chambers

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Wallis Clark

Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

John Compton

John Compton

Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Waitress (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Clancy Cooper

Policeman (uncredited)

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David Cota

Pancho (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

James Flavin

James Flavin

Detective (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Angela Greene

Angela Greene

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dorothy Hack

Little Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

Arthur Stuart Hull

First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan

Policeman (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

Marjorie Kane

Waitress (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

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Richard Kipling

Personnel Man (uncredited)

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Manart Kippen

Dr. Gale (uncredited)

Marion Lessing

Marion Lessing

Waitress (uncredited)

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Jimmy Lono

Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)

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Jean Lorraine

Woman (uncredited)

George Meader

George Meader

Man (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Man (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

First Night Diner (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Garry Owen

Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Paul Panzer

Waiter (uncredited)

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Larry Rio

Reporter (uncredited)

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William Ruhl

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Jeffrey Sayre

Diner Customer (uncredited)

Mary Servoss

Mary Servoss

Nurse (uncredited)

George Tobias

George Tobias

Mr. Chris (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

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Johnny Walsh

Delivery Man (uncredited)

Joan Winfield

Joan Winfield

Piano Teacher (uncredited)

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John Christian

Singing Teacher (uncredited)

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-11-26

⭐ 9

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 Bennett and Eve Arden. Music is by Max Steiner and the cinematographer is Ernest Haller. It was nominated for 6 Academy Awards and won just the one for Crawford in the Best Actress category. Plot finds Crawford as Mildred Pierce, a devoted Mother of two girls who struggles to not only make her marriag…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-01

⭐ 8

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 is wonderfully horrid as the daughter and Zachary Scott completes the trio of principals as the parasitical second husband. Mike Curtiz directs this superbly - particularly as the film heads to it's climax; the screenplay and the score also lend copiously to the overall effect of this deservedly Os…

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