Summary
Born to Be Bad is an American film first released in 1950,
directed by Nicholas Ray.
The film is based on a novel by Anne Parrish and stars Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie and Mel Ferrer.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Nicholas Ray
- Script: George Oppenheimer, Anne Parrish (novel), Charles Schnee, Robert Soderberg, Edith R. Sommer
- Photo: Nicholas Musuraca
- Music: Friedrich Hollaender
- Cast: Joan Fontaine (Christabel Caine Carey), Robert Ryan (Nick Bradley), Zachary Scott (Curtis Carey), Joan Leslie (Donna Foster), Mel Ferrer (Gabriel ’Gobby’ Broome), Harold Vermilyea (John Caine), Virginia Farmer (Aunt Clara Caine), Kathleen Howard (Mrs. Bolton), Dick Ryan (Arthur – Curtis’s Butler), Bess Flowers (Mrs. Worthington), Joy Hallward (Mrs. Porter), Hazel Boyne (Committee Woman), Irving Bacon (Jewelry Salesman), Gordon Oliver (Harrison – the Lawyer (scenes deleted)), Jack Chefe (Man (scenes deleted)), Jan Hedges (Lawyer’s Secretary (scenes deleted)), Al Murphy (Man (scenes deleted)), Frank Arnold (Man at Art Gallery), Barry Brooks (Man), Ann Burr (Schoolgirl), James Conaty (Charity Ball Guest), Helen Crozier (Ann), Homer Dickenson (Art Gallery Attendant), Don Dillaway (Photographer), Herbert Evans (Charity Ball Guest), Avery Graves (Curtis’s Friend), Sam Harris (Old Man at Charity Ball), Bobby Johnson (Kenneth), Ray Johnson (Guest), Peggy Leon (Caine’s Secretary), Sam Lufkin (Taxi Driver), Harold Miller (Charity Ball Guest), John Mitchum (Guest), William J. O’Brien (Bartender at Charity Ball), Suzanne Ridgeway (Charity Ball Guest), Larry Steers (Charity Ball Guest), Tim Taylor (Messenger Boy), Evelyn Underwood (Guest), Georgiana Wulff (Schoolgirl)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min; B&W
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