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Status
Released
Release
1941
Runtime
1h 57m
Streaming availability by country
"Bette Davis stars in the film version of the stage hit, as the ruthless beauty whose ambition spelt the doom of three men"
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
24 Cast Members
Bette Davis
Regina Hubbard Giddens
Herbert Marshall
Horace Giddens
Teresa Wright
Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
Richard Carlson
David Hewitt
Dan Duryea
Leo Hubbard
Patricia Collinge
Birdie Hubbard
Charles Dingle
Ben Hubbard
Carl Benton Reid
Oscar Hubbard
Jessica Grayson
Addie
John Marriott
Cal
Russell Hicks
William Marshall
Lucien Littlefield
Manders
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Hewitt
Terry Nibert
Julia
Henry 'Hot Shot' Thomas
Harold
Charles R. Moore
Simon
Hooper Atchley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Dawson (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Bank Customer (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Headwaiter (uncredited)
