Directed by:
Tay GarnettScreenplay:
Niven BuschCinematography:
Sidney WagnerComposer:
George BassmanCast:
Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Jeff York, Byron Foulger, Jeffrey Sayre, Harold Miller, Frank Mayo (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Set during the Depression, this story concerns an older man and his attractive young wife, who take on drifter Frank Chambers as an employee at their roadside cafe. Cora, the unhappy wife, is searching for a way out of her drab day-to-day existence. Soon she and Frank develop lustful feelings for each other, and their passions grow until they plan a new life together -- a new life that begins with her husband's murder. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lana Turner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268117_d84db5.jpg)
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
![John Garfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936893_a3e3ef.jpg)
John Garfield
USA
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Juarez (1939)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
![Cecil Kellaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262585_4eebbd.jpg)
Cecil Kellaway
South Africa
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
![Hume Cronyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/789/163789612_31b5e0.jpg)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
![Leon Ames](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/055/165055986_7e0ae2.jpg)
Leon Ames
USA
Best movies:
Brother of the Wind (1973)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Audrey Totter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576504_5c8fd0.jpg)
Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Jeff York
USA
Best movies:
The Yearling (1946)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Jeffrey Sayre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162653_651df8.jpg)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Frank Mayo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/090/161090820_2f0134.jpg)
Frank Mayo
USA
Best movies:
Easter Parade (1948)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Gilda (1946)
![Edward Earle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469264_e21130.jpg)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Jack Chefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482546_09841b.jpg)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Paul Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927716_c127bf.jpg)
Paul Bradley
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Gilda (1946)
Pretty Woman (1990)
![Dorothy Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018315_e71b29.jpg)
Dorothy Phillips
USA
Best movies:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Father of the Bride (1950)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
![Morris Ankrum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/144/160144322_82e26c.jpg)
Morris Ankrum
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Charles Williams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
![Alan Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/353/160353603_542668.jpg)
Alan Reed
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation) - a.f.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
![Dick Crockett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/563/160563393_c318f3.jpg)
Dick Crockett
USA
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Spartacus (1960)