Female on the Beach (1955)
Overview
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.717 |
Directed By
Joseph Pevney
Crew
Joseph Pevney
Robert Hill
Robert Hill
Richard Alan Simmons
Albert Zugsmith
Charles Lang
Russell F. Schoengarth
Ed Case
Jason Lindsey
Heinz Roemheld
Herman Stein
Alexander Golitzen
Robert Clatworthy
Oliver Emert
Russell A. Gausman
Sheila O'Brien
Joan St. Oegger
Bud Westmore
Jack Kevan
Lew Leary
Phil Bowles
John Sherwood
Leslie I. Carey
Robert Pritchard
Joseph Gershenson
Ethmer Roten
TOP CAST
Joan Crawford
Lynn Markham
Jeff Chandler
Drummond Hall
Jan Sterling
Amy Rawlinson
Cecil Kellaway
Osbert Sorenson
Judith Evelyn
Eloise Crandall
Charles Drake
Police Lieutenant Galley
Natalie Schafer
Queenie Sorenson
Stuart Randall
Frankovitch
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Murchison
Nan Boardman
Mrs. Gomez (Uncredited)
Ed Fury
Roddy (Uncredited)
Helene Heigh
Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)
James Hyland
Cop (Uncredited)
Judy Pine
Woman at Beach (Uncredited)
Jack Reitzen
Boat Attendant (Uncredited)
Romo Vincent
Pete Gomez (Uncredited)
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