“Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!”
Mildred Pierce
7.6
453 votes·1945
·1h 51m
·MovieCrimeDrama
Overview
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Commercial Verdict
Super Hit
Revenue vs Budget3.9x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Strong box office performer
Keywords
daughterinfidelityhusband wife relationshiprestaurantsnobbusiness womanpromisespoiled childfilm noirmurderblack and whitebeach house
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)
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