Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte poster

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte( 1964)

TV-MAHorrorMysteryThriller
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The years will soon erase a lover's lies...the blood on his face!

Overview

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bette Davis

      Charlotte Hollis

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      Olivia de Havilland

      Miriam Deering

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      Joseph Cotten

      Drew Bayliss

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      Agnes Moorehead

      Velma Cruther

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      Cecil Kellaway

      Harry Willis

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      Victor Buono

      Big Sam Hollis

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      Mary Astor

      Jewel Mayhew

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      Wesley Addy

      Sheriff Standish

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      William Campbell

      Paul Marchand

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      Bruce Dern

      John Mayhew

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      Frank Ferguson

      Newspaper Editor

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      George Kennedy

      Foreman

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      Dave Willock

      Taxi Driver

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      John Megna

      New Boy

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      Percy Helton

      Funeral Director

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      Kelly Flynn

      Boy #2

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      Michel Petit

      Gang Leader

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      Alida Aldrich

      Young Girl

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      Kelly Aldrich

      Boy #3

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      William Aldrich

      Boy Dancer

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      Ellen Corby

      Lily

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      Carol Delay

      Geraldine

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      Helen Kleeb

      Town Gossip

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      Marianne Stewart

      Town Gossip

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      Mary Henderson

      Cleaning Woman

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      Lillian Randolph

      Cleaning Woman

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      Geraldine West

      Cleaning Woman

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      Bill Walker

      Joseph

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      Idell James

      Ginny Mae

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      Teddy Buckner

      Band Leader

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      Cosmo Sardo

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Jan 21 2014
    Glorious Southern Gothic Delirium. Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte is directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller. It stars Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway and Mary Astor. Music is by Frank De Vol and cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc. It’s 1927, the Louisiana plantation home of Sam Hollis (Victor Buono), and Charlotte Hollis (Davis) is having an affair with a married man, John Mayhew (Bruce Dern). After a heated argument between Sam and John, John is brutally slain by an unseen assailant, only Charlotte appears on...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2200000.00

    Revenue

    4000000.00

    Keywords

    • southern usa
    • insanity
    • highway
    • cousin
    • family secrets
    • murder
    • mansion
    • psychological thriller
    • love affair
    • housekeeper
    • death
    • mental illness
    • recluse
    • southern belle
    • shock
    • southern gothic
    • hagsploitation