Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
- child abuse
- adoption
- biography
- sociopath
- lawyer
- hollywood
- mansion
- docudrama
- perfection
- mother daughter estrangement
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Faye Dunaway
Joan Crawford
Diana Scarwid
Christina Crawford
Steve Forrest
Greg Savitt
Howard Da Silva
L.B. Mayer
- Mara Hobel — Christina Crawford as a Child
- Rutanya Alda — Carol Ann
- Harry Goz — Al Steele
- Michael Edwards — Ted Gelber
- Jocelyn Brando — Barbara Bennett
- Priscilla Pointer — Mrs. Chadwick
- Joe Abdullah — Captain
- Gary Allen — Jimmy
- Selma Archerd — Connie
- Adrian Aron — Wedding Guest
- Xander Berkeley — Christopher Crawford
- Directed
- Frank Perry
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 246 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, The Irwin Yablans Company
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.
