Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1945 · 1h 51m

Mildred Pierce

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Director
Michael Curtiz
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
Crew
Ernest Haller — Director of Photography David Weisbart — Editor Max Steiner — Original Music Composer Ranald MacDougall — Screenplay James M. Cain — Novel Jerry Wald — Producer
Tagline

Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

Synopsis

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

Trailer Mildred Pierce — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
daughterinfidelityhusband wife relationshiprestaurantsnobbusiness womanpromisespoiled childfilm noirmurderblack and whitebeach house
Key Collaborators
Michael Curtiz Director Ernest Haller Director of Photography David Weisbart Editor Max Steiner Original Music Composer Ranald MacDougall Screenplay James M. Cain Novel Jerry Wald Producer Milo Anderson Costume Design
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