Mildred Pierce
Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!
CrimeDramadaughterinfidelityhusband wife relationshiprestaurantsnobbusiness womanpromisespoiled childfilm noirmurderblack and whitebeach house
A noir-inflected melodrama about maternal sacrifice and betrayal, where a woman's devotion to her ungrateful daughter becomes her undoing.
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Essence
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Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson
Wally Fay
Zachary Scott
Monte Beragon
Eve Arden
Ida Corwin
Ann Blyth
Veda Pierce Forrester
Bruce Bennett
Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Lee Patrick
Maggie Biederhof
Moroni Olsen
Inspector Peterson
Veda Ann Borg
Miriam Ellis
Jo Ann Marlowe
Kay Pierce
Butterfly McQueen
Lottie (uncredited)
Bill Alcorn
Soldier (uncredited)
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