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Bette Davis dominates the screen in one of her most famous, Oscar-winning roles as the tempestuous southern belle who pushes propriety to the limit to arouse her fiance's jealousy. Her scandalous appearance in a scarlet dress is just one classic moment.

Keywords:

Drama, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1938)

Cast:

Bette Davis	.... Julie Marsden
Henry Fonda	.... Preston Dillard
George Brent	.... Buck Cantrell
Margaret Lindsay	.... Amy Bradford Dillard
Donald Crisp	.... Dr. Livingstone
Fay Bainter	.... Aunt Belle Massey

Supporting Cast:

Richard Cromwell	.... Ted Dillard
Henry O'Neill	.... General Theopholus Bogardus
Spring Byington	.... Mrs. Kendrick
John Litel	.... Jean La Cour
Gordon Oliver	.... Dick Allen
Janet Shaw	.... Molly Allen
Theresa Harris	.... Zette
Margaret Early	.... Stephanie Kendrick
Irving Pichel	.... Huger

Directors:

William Wyler

Writers:

Owen Davis
Clements Ripley