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Director:
Nicholas Ray
Writers:
George Oppenheimer (additional dialogue)
Anne Parrish (novel)
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Release Date:
27 August 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
A WOMAN OF BEAUTY...who wielded ruthless power over men! more
Plot:
Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna's wealthy fiancée Curtis... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Joan as a Bad Girl - What a Ride! more

Cast

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Joan Fontaine ... Christabel Caine Carey

Robert Ryan ... Nick Bradley
Zachary Scott ... Curtis Carey

Joan Leslie ... Donna Foster
Mel Ferrer ... Gabriel 'Gobby' Broome
Harold Vermilyea ... John Caine
Virginia Farmer ... Aunt Clara Caine
Kathleen Howard ... Mrs. Bolton
Dick Ryan ... Arthur - Curtis's Butler
Bess Flowers ... Mrs. Worthington
Joy Hallward ... Mrs. Porter
Hazel Boyne ... Committee Woman
Irving Bacon ... Jewelry Salesman
Gordon Oliver ... Harrison - the Lawyer (scenes deleted)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Chefe ... Man (scenes deleted)
Jan Hedges ... Lawyer's Secretary (scenes deleted)
Al Murphy ... Man (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All Kneeling (USA) (working title)
Bed of Roses (USA) (working title)
Christabel Caine (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
94 min | 90 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #13949) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

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Trivia:
RKO had originally scheduled this film to be filmed twice previously: in 1946 with Fontaine, Henry Fonda, John Sutton, and Marsha Hunt. It was canceled. In 1948, RKO put the film on its filming schedule under the title of BED OF ROSES, with Barbara Bel Geddes in the role of Christabel. However, Howard Hughes decided he did not care for Bel Geddes and postponed it. more

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14 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Joan as a Bad Girl - What a Ride!, 20 October 2003
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Author: smithy-8 from New Jersey

This is a good, sexy movie because of Joan Fontaine and her two beaus, leading actors: Zachary Scott and Robert Ryan. Robert Ryan matches Joan Fontaine with zest and sexy talk. It's fun to watch! To make a sexy movie all you have to do is imply and not show anything. This movie delivers! Women will love this movie as a late Saturday night movie.

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