Directed by:
William WylerCinematography:
Rudolph MatéComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, David Niven, Maria Ouspenskaya, Odette Myrtil, John Payne, Spring Byington, Rolfe Sedan, Bess Flowers (more)VOD (2)
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The story centers on the title character (played by Walter Huston), a wealthy automobile manufacturer whose wife (Ruth Chatterton) desperately craves an aristocratic lifestyle in Europe. Dodsworth indulges her fancies to a degree, but their clashing desires--compounded by her affair with a European baron and his affection for a sympathetic widow (Mary Astor)--create further tension and mutual rancor. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Walter Huston
Canada
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Ruth Chatterton
USA
Best movies:
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Dodsworth (1936)
Paul Lukas
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
City Streets (1931)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Mary Astor
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
David Niven
UK
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Maria Ouspenskaya
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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Odette Myrtil
France
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
John Payne
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Spring Byington
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
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Rolfe Sedan
USA
Best movies:
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Ninotchka (1939)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
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Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
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Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Sunrise (1927)
Edmund Mortimer
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Gregory Gaye
Russia
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Test Pilot (1938)
Wilson Benge
UK
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
Harlan Briggs
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)