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Running Time
1 hour, 46 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM
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Other Titles
• A Woman's Face
• Erpressung (1950)
• Die Frau mit der Narbe (1949)
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Murder, Blackmail, Infidelity, Melodrama, Courtroom, Tear Jerker, Gangsters
Tagline: They called her a scar-faced she-devil.
Plot: Arguably one of Joan Crawford's best pictures, the film was a well-crafted vehicle for the star who portrayed an emotionally and physically scarred woman whose life drastically changes after undergoing plastic surgery. A remake of a 1938 Swedish film starring Ingrid Bergman, George Cukor’s version is an atypical film noir, possessing a healthy dose of gloss and glamour, expertly handled suspense elements, and superb performances. The film is framed by a trial and is told in a sequence of masterful flashbacks. Anna (Joan Crawford), disfigured as a child, is a hardened woman who joins a blackmail ring, meeting and falling in love with Torsten (Conrad Veidt), an evil man waiting for a substantial inheritance who would like to rid himself of competition, namely his nephew. Anna begins to doubt her allegiance to Torsten when a series of events improves her own life.
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| Directed by |
George Cukor
Gone with the Wind, My Fair Lady, The Philadelphia Story |
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| Cast |
Joan Crawford
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Mildred Pierce, The Women |
 | | Conrad Veidt
Casablanca, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Thief of Bagdad | Osa Massen
Rocketship X-M, You'll Never Get Rich, Cry of the Werewolf | Reginald Owen
Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mrs. Miniver | | Marjorie Main
Meet Me in St. Louis, The Women, Friendly Persuasion | |
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