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Queen Bee is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ranald MacDougall released in USA on 7 november 1955 with Joan Crawford
Queen Bee (1955)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 november 1955
Length 1h35
Directed by Ranald MacDougall
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating66%
Queen Bee is a 1955 American Film Noir drama film starring Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Betsy Palmer, and Barry Sullivan. The film was directed by Ranald MacDougall and produced by Jerry Wald, and the screenplay by MacDougall was based upon the novel The Queen Bee, by Edna L. Lee.
The film tells the story about a Southern family dominated by a ruthless woman and the havoc her threats and intimidation cause to those around her.
Synopsis
Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) dominates her Georgia mansion and her husband Avery (Barry Sullivan), an alcoholic mill owner who hates his wife. A cousin, Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow), is pressured into moving in with the family, and she watches in horror as Eva maneuvers to prevent the marriage of Avery's sister Carol (Betsy Palmer) to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland). Carol tells Jennifer to watch out for Eva, and that she read a book about bees and feels that Eva is like a queen bee who stings all her competitors to death. Jennifer refuses to believe such bad sentiments about Eva, and eventually becomes the putative personal assistant to Eva.Actors
Joan Crawford
(Eva Phillips)
John Ireland
(Judson Prentiss)
Betsy Palmer
(Carol Lee Phillips)
Barry Sullivan
(Avery "Beauty" Phillips)
Fay Wray
(Sue McKinnon)
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