Mildred Pierce (1945)
Overview
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,453,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $5,638,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 13.722 |
Directed By
Michael Curtiz
Crew
Ranald MacDougall
Max Steiner
Ernest Haller
Jerry Wald
George James Hopkins
David Weisbart
James M. Cain
Michael Curtiz
Milo Anderson
Jack L. Warner
Frank Heath
Herschel Daugherty
Willard Van Enger
Perc Westmore
Edwin Allen
Anton Grot
Oliver S. Garretson
Leo F. Forbstein
Dick Moder
Milton Gold
Harry Barndollar
Robert G. Wayne
Bill Cooley
Hugo Friedhofer
William Schurr
Bertram Tuttle
James Leicester
Paul Detlefsen
TOP CAST
Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson
Wally Fay
Zachary Scott
Monte Beragon
Eve Arden
Ida Corwin
Ann Blyth
Veda Pierce Forrester
Bruce Bennett
Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Lee Patrick
Maggie Biederhof
Moroni Olsen
Inspector Peterson
Veda Ann Borg
Miriam Ellis
Jo Ann Marlowe
Kay Pierce
Butterfly McQueen
Lottie (uncredited)
Bill Alcorn
Soldier (uncredited)
Betty Alexander
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Anderson
Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)
Robert Arthur
High School Boy (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett
Waitress (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Police Matron (uncredited)
Dorothy Barrett
Dorothy (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Thieving Waitress (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Waitress (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Personnel Man (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
John Compton
Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Waitress (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Policeman (uncredited)
David Cota
Pancho (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Policeman (uncredited)
James Flavin
Detective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Angela Greene
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack
Little Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Policeman (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane
Waitress (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Personnel Man (uncredited)
Manart Kippen
Dr. Gale (uncredited)
Marion Lessing
Waitress (uncredited)
Jimmy Lono
Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)
Jean Lorraine
Woman (uncredited)
George Meader
Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Man (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Jack the Mailman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
First Night Diner (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Policeman on Pier (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Reporter (uncredited)
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