Summary
Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You're watching with family
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+14)
Critics 48Audiences 62GoodWatch 55
Box office
3.6×its budget
- Budget
- $3 M
- Worldwide
- $10 M
Worldwide it earned $7 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109109Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 30 more
Released
1960
November 4, 1960
66 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards1961
- Actress in a Leading Role1961Won
- Best Cinematography, Color1961Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG in the United States for nudity, sexual content, and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
34 people
Elizabeth TaylorGloria Wandrous
Laurence HarveyWeston Liggett
Eddie FisherSteve Carpenter
Dina MerrillEmily Liggett
Mildred DunnockMrs. Wandrous
Betty FieldMrs. Fanny Thurber
George VoskovecDr. Tredman
Jeffrey LynnBingham Smith
Susan OliverNorma
Kay MedfordHappy- AMAlex MannExtra
- TATom AhearneTom the Bartender (uncredited)
- DBDan BerginElevator Man (uncredited)
- JBJoseph BoleyMessenger (uncredited)
Rudy BondBig Man (uncredited)- DBDon BurnsPhotographer (uncredited)
Whitfield ConnorAnderson (uncredited)- RDRobert DahdahCrowd (uncredited)
- VDVernon DowlingTaxi Driver (uncredited)
- VDVirginia DowningClerk (uncredited)
Frank FarmerModel in Bar (uncredited)
Philip FavershamMan (uncredited)- TGTom GormanDoorman (uncredited)
- JHJoe HamerGentleman at Bar (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Daniel Mann Director
Writing · 3
- John Michael Hayes Screenplay
- Charles Schnee Screenplay
- John O'Hara Novel
Production · 2
- Pandro S. Berman Producer
- Kathryn Hereford Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography
- Charles Harten Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ralph E. Winters Editor
Sound · 1
- Bronislau Kaper Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- George W. Davis Art Direction
- Gene Callahan Set Decoration
- J.C. Delaney Set Decoration
- Urie McCleary Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Helen Rose Costume Design
- Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
- John Truwe Makeup Artist
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