Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

1945 | 2h 18m | Drama, Noir | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Joan Crawford won the 1945 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this drama about a woman whose obsessive concern for her daughter's welfare leads to murder.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Curtiz

CAST

Joan Crawford

Jack Carson

Zachary Scott

Eve Arden

Ann Blyth

Bruce Bennett

Lee Patrick

Moroni Olsen

Veda Ann Borg

Jo Ann Marlowe

PRODUCERS

Jerry Wald

WRITERS

Ranald MacDougall

James Cain

Host Intros

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Alicia Malone Intro -- Mildred Pierce (1945)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Mildred Pierce, 1945.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Mildred Pierce (1945)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Mildred Pierce, 1945.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Mildred Pierce (1945)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Mildred Pierce, 1945.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Mildred Pierce (1945)
Intro Aired: May 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Mildred Pierce, 1945.

Related Videos

Mildred Pierce (1945) -- (Movie Clip) -- We Don't Need You
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Title character (Joan Crawford) at the police station after her husband's murder by an unknown subject, where she meets pal Ida (Eve Arden), business rival Wally (Jack Carson), her ex Bert (Bruce Bennett) and cop Peterson (Moroni Olsen), early in Mildred Pierce, 1945.
Mildred Pierce (1945) -- (Movie Clip) -- Keeps Me Thin
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Title character (Joan Crawford) commiserates with her maid Lottie (Butterfly McQueen) as they make pies for extra income, narrates, then discovers her snobby older daughter Veda (Ann Blyth) has found out about her lowly job, in Mildred Pierce, 1945.
Mildred Pierce (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Mother, You're A Scream
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Famous climactic fight on the staircase between title character (Joan Crawford) and daughter Veda (Ann Blyth) who, it turns out, has just blackmailed a boyfriend, in Mildred Pierce, 1945, from James M. Cain's novel.
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Mildred Pierce -- (Original Trailer)
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A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society in Mildred Pierce (1945) starring Joan Crawford in an Oscar-winning role.
Mildred Pierce (1945) -- (Movie Clip) He'll Bleed You Dry
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Partner Wally (Jack Carson) complains to title character (Joan Crawford) about her husband Monte (Zachary Scott) who, after Ida (Eve Arden) interrupts, arrives with daughter Veda (Ann Blyth), in Mildred Pierce, 1945, directed by Michael Curtiz.
Mildred Pierce (1945) -- (Movie Clip) -- If You Take A Swim
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Opening sequence features Monte (Zachary Scott) getting killed then the title character (Joan Crawford) being distraught on the pier, Garry Owen the cop, Jack Carson her befuddled friend Wally, in Mildred Pierce, 1945, from James M. Cain's novel.

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