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One of the most oft-revived of the pre-Technicolor Nicholas Ray efforts, Born to Be Bad offers us the spectacle of Joan Fontaine portraying a character described as "a cross between Lucrezia Borgia and Peg O' My Heart". For the benefit of her wealthy husband Zachary Scott and his family, Fontaine adopts a facade of wide-eyed sweetness. Bored with her hubby, she inaugurates a romance with novelist Robert Ryan. All her carefully crafted calculations come acropper when both men discover that she's
Aug 27, 1950 Wide
Jan 16, 1991
Odeon Entertainment
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This is a lively, vicious, and daring film.
Lively romantic melodrama with a creative use of architecture.
Ray's interest in the psychological state of his protagonist and its relationship to visual style makes the film mesmerizing.
Trashy but stylishly entertaining melodrama.
Low-rent All About Eve, but it's not really fair to compare it to one of the greatest films ever made - especially since it came out in the same year. Closer also came to mind. Fontaine is quite good, as is Robert Ryan, but the real star of the show is Mel Ferrer - he steals every scene. Which is surprising, since I've
October 7, 2010
This is a good, sexy movie because of Joan Fontaine and her two beaus, leading actors: Zachary Scott and Robert Ryan. Robert Ryan matches Joan Fontaine with zest and sexy talk. It's fun to watch! This movie delivers! Women (myself included) will love this movie as a late Saturday night movie.
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