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Jezebel (1938)

NR 03/26/1938 (US) Drama, Romance 1h 43m

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Half angel, half siren, all woman.

Overview

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

William Wyler

Director
Louis F. Edelman

Screenplay
Clements Ripley

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Abem Finkel

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Robert Buckner

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John Huston

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Top Billed Cast

Bette Davis

Julie Marsden
Henry Fonda

Preston Dillard
George Brent

Buck Cantrell
Margaret Lindsay

Amy Bradford Dillard
Donald Crisp

Dr. Livingstone
Fay Bainter

Aunt Belle Massey
Richard Cromwell

Ted Dillard
Henry O'Neill

General Theopholus Bogardus
Spring Byington

Mrs. Kendrick
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This starts off really strongly with the arrival, on horseback, of the feisty "Miss Julie" (Bette Davis). She is the rather proud orphaned daughter of a wealthy southern family whom everyone wants to know and be seen with - even if she is a bit of a pain in the neck. It's "Dill" (a rather charmless Henry Fonda) who is the front runner for her rather vain affections but he is no push-over. Her desire to inappropriately wear a red gown to a formal ball initially elicits his reluctant support as he escorts her, but then the ensuing fallout ensures he flees leaving her alone and determined - to get... read the rest.

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