Mildred Pierce (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Screenplay by | Ranald MacDougall Catherine Turney (uncredited) |
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Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain |
| Starring |
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Zachary Scott Eve Arden Ann Blyth |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | David Weisbart |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,453,000 |
| Box office | $5,638,000 |
Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth and Bruce Bennett. Based on a novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring film for Warner Bros. after leaving MGM, and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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.
While the novel is told by a third-person narrator in strict chronological order, the film uses voice-over narration (the voice of Mildred). The story is framed by Mildred's interrogation by police after they discover the body of her second husband, Monte Beragon. The film, in noir fashion, opens with Beragon (Zachary Scott) having been shot. He murmurs the name "Mildred" before he dies. The police tell Mildred (Joan Crawford) that they believe the murderer is her first husband, Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett). Bert has already been interrogated and has confessed to the crime. Mildred protests that he is too kind and gentle to commit murder, and goes on to relate her life story in flashback.
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