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6.0/10   193 votes
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Director:
Robert Stevenson
Writers:
Polan Banks (novel)
Leopold Atlas (adaptation)
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Release Date:
25 April 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
SHE's the kind of woman that made NEW ORLEANS famous!
Plot:
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas... more | add synopsis
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Not thrilling more
US TV Schedule:
Tue. July 211:15 PMTCM   

Cast

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Robert Mitchum ... Dr. Mark Lucas

Ava Gardner ... Barbara Beaurevel

Melvyn Douglas ... Paul Beaurevel
Lucile Watson ... Aunt Eula Beaurevel
Janis Carter ... Corinne Lucas
Gordon Oliver ... Clay Duchesne
Basil Ruysdael ... Dean Cazzley
Clarence Muse ... Pompey
Walter Kingsford ... Coroner
Jack Briggs ... Cousin Philippe

Will Wright ... Luther Toplady
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carriage Entrance (USA)
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Runtime:
70 min | UK:81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14149) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-3 (new rating 2001) | Italy:VM14 | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

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Both Ann Sheridan and Polan Banks sued Howard Hughes for not respecting the contract clauses replacing Sheridan by Ava Gardner on loan from MGM. more

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9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Not thrilling, 26 December 2004
4/10
Author: jgepperson from United States

This movie is not great. Just how many boring movies did Howard Hughes make? But it does have two of the beautiful and fascinating stars of the Hollywood Golden Age: Ava Gardner and Robert Mitchum. Melvyn Douglas (who doesn't look so good in this) plays Ava's fey playboy cousin. There are a couple of good lines. The plot is slim and the movie is not long. Only 71 minutes, for those with a short attention span.

We're never told exactly what Ava's forbidden past is, but it has to do with her grandmother. Was she a prostitute? Maybe it's supposed to be ambiguous.

The man who directed it made the 1940s "Jane Eyre" with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine and also the Disney "Mary Poppins."

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