Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
- southern usa
- insanity
- highway
- cousin
- family secrets
- murder
- mansion
- psychological thriller
- love affair
- housekeeper
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Bette Davis
Charlotte Hollis
Olivia de Havilland
Miriam Deering
Joseph Cotten
Drew Bayliss
Agnes Moorehead
Velma Cruther
- Cecil Kellaway — Harry Willis
- Victor Buono — Big Sam Hollis
- Mary Astor — Jewel Mayhew
- Wesley Addy — Sheriff Standish
- William Campbell — Paul Marchand
- Bruce Dern — John Mayhew
- Frank Ferguson — Newspaper Editor
- George Kennedy — Foreman
- Dave Willock — Taxi Driver
- John Megna — New Boy
- Percy Helton — Funeral Director
- Directed
- Robert Aldrich
- Written
- Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 289 ratings
- Studio
- The Associates & Aldrich Company, 20th Century Fox
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
