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Une femme diabolique

Original title: Queen Bee
  • 1955
  • Approved
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.9K
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Joan Crawford and Barry Sullivan in Une femme diabolique (1955)
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Film NoirDramaRomance

When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.

  • Director
    • Ranald MacDougall
  • Writers
    • Ranald MacDougall
    • Edna L. Lee
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Barry Sullivan
    • Betsy Palmer
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    2.9K
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    • Director
      • Ranald MacDougall
    • Writers
      • Ranald MacDougall
      • Edna L. Lee
    • Stars
      • Joan Crawford
      • Barry Sullivan
      • Betsy Palmer
    • 79User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Eva Phillips
    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Avery Phillips
    Betsy Palmer
    Betsy Palmer
    • Carol Lee Phillips
    John Ireland
    John Ireland
    • Jud Prentiss
    Lucy Marlow
    Lucy Marlow
    • Jennifer Stewart
    William Leslie
    William Leslie
    • Ty McKinnon
    Fay Wray
    Fay Wray
    • Sue McKinnon
    Katherine Anderson
    Katherine Anderson
    • Miss Breen
    Tim Hovey
    Tim Hovey
    • Ted Phillips
    Linda Bennett
    • Trissa Phillips
    Willa Pearl Curtis
    • Miss George
    • (uncredited)
    Robert McCord
    Robert McCord
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Olan Soule
    Olan Soule
    • Dr. Pearson
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Walker
    Bill Walker
    • Sam
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ranald MacDougall
    • Writers
      • Ranald MacDougall
      • Edna L. Lee
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    6Bucs1960

    Another Joan Crawford Eyebrow Picture

    Joan does her big eyebrow look again in this film about a true bitch in heat. Here she is an "outsider" who traps Barry Sullivan, scion of a good Southern family, into marriage and proceeds to make his life a living hell. For that matter, she makes everyone who surrounds her a target for her venom. She is truly a psychotic whose greatest thrill is to destroy everything and everyone within her circle of influence.

    She has a passion for her husband's friend, played by John Ireland who just happens to be engaged to her husband's sister. After she rides roughshod over those two with tragic results, she starts on her cousin, an innocent who is visiting this Garden of Eden. Probably a big mistake since this leads to further trouble ending in a denouement that you can see coming from a mile away. Very tidy.

    Is this a good film? Depends if you like Crawford at her histrionic best, chewing up both the scenery and her co-stars. But again, as another reviewer said, you will like this movie if you love Crawford or if you hate her. She's that good. It's one of those soap opera plots that were popular in the 50s and it will hold your interest, if only to see if Joan gets her come-uppance. Don't be embarrassed if you find yourself liking this film......you're in good company.
    9robman-5

    Crawford at her best!

    Joan Crawford is in her element here! As a deceitful, manipulative woman with the Medusa touch she's in her glory. You get the feeling she's enjoying herself immensely. Hell, you even get the feeling she's enjoying the costumes! She tears into the part of Eva Phillips as if it were her last meal, and takes the rest of the cast along for the ride. They don't make movies like this anymore and it's a shame. It's good, clean, sinister fun with Joan in control every step of the way.
    7janiceferrero

    Sunset Showcase For Miss Crawford

    A guilty pleasure if I ever saw one. Directect by Ranald McDougall, even his name reads like a misspell, he was the writer of Mildred Pierce and clearly Crawford trusted him. Look at her entrance, from a distance, a subtle and no so subtle game of light and music. The turgid tale of evil and deception suffers from holes in every angle but this is not the sort of picture that can afford that kind of scrutiny. This is a showcase for the late term Crawford die hard fans. You wont be able to help but admire her devastating self confidence. She knew every trick in the book as an actress as well as a character. Queen Bee goes bye fast very fast and the moral compass is determined by Lucy Marlow when in fact it needed a sort of Anne Baxter or someone with a bit more gravitas. To be seen with a bunch of like minded friends and laugh out loud.
    verna55

    A very, very Crawford movie

    Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but having seen a great many of her movies, I would say that Joan Crawford was at her bitchiest in this picture. That is to say, bitchier than usual! She tears at the scenery, she tears at the script, and brother I feel sorry for her co-stars, because even though they are also a talented group, they of course don't stand a chance when Crawford's on the screen, which is basically every scene. Although her character doesn't appear right away, it's still obvious from the very start that this is a very, very Crawford movie. The film just instantaneously gives off that omen. The gist of the story is this: Crawford is a glamorous socialite who dominates her Southern family and takes great pride in doing so. Yes, we've seen Crawford play this type of role before(HARRIETT CRAIG), but I personally never tire of seeing Crawford getting the upper hand. Though they didn't get along too well in real life, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis had much in common when it came to choice of movie scripts. They both specialized in playing catty, indomitable females, and they both clearly relished doing so. Crawford is at her best in this one. Sure, the script isn't the greatest she's been given, and frankly it's pretty sleazy stuff, but Crawford does wonders with it and manages to turn in her finest performance. She clearly works at the part and isn't simply clawing and nailing at everyone around her. Even though her character is an absolute horror of a human being, Crawford does her best to make her a sympathetic one, and she just about pulls it off! Some people will discard this one as pure camp, but this is a movie that serious Joan Crawford fans like myself will treasure, and no doubt watch over and over again. Terrific!!!!!
    bell-9

    Wow is this a good one!

    Now, I am a big Joan Crawford fan and have been since I was 12 (don't ask) and this has to be my favorite film of hers, which is saying a lot. It is so campy and over the top, it's hard to believe that everyone was taking themselves so seriously. From Joan's drag queen gowns (check out the black sequin number she wears just to eat dinner in!) to her bitchy, back stabbing dialogue: "Carol, don't you look sweet, even in those tacky old riding clothes" and "Darling, parties are to women what battlefields are to men but then... you weren't in the war were you? Something about drinking..." And just wait for the scene were Joan destroys a room with a riding crop. Not to mention where she smears her vanity mirror with cold cream in order to cover her over emoting reflection. This is a camp classic of monumental proportions and one that you will want to watch several times!!!

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    • Trivia
      Joan Crawford personally bought the film rights to Edna L. Lee's novel "The Queen Bee" for $15,000, then sold them to Columbia under the following conditions: she would star, Jerry Wald would produce, Ranald MacDougall would write the screenplay and direct the film, Charles Lang would be the film's cinematographer and she would have contractual approval of her costume, make-up and hair designers. Each of these conditions was fulfilled.
    • Goofs
      When Eva is talking to Jennifer before taking a bath, the glass doors surrounding the tub go from clear to totally steamed over instantly between shots.
    • Quotes

      Eva Phillips: Any man's my man if I want it that way.

    • Connections
      Featured in I've Got a Secret: Joan Crawford (1963)

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Queen Bee
    • Filming locations
      • Memphis Tennessee, USA(exterior scenes)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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