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Madame Bovary( 1949)

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Whatever it is that French women have ... Madame Bovary had more of it!

Overview

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jennifer Jones

      Emma Bovary

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      James Mason

      Gustave Flaubert

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      Van Heflin

      Charles Bovary

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      Louis Jourdan

      Rodolphe Boulanger

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      Alf Kjellin

      Leon Dupuis

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      Gene Lockhart

      J. Homais

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      Frank Allenby

      Lheureux

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      Gladys Cooper

      Madame Dupuis

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      John Abbott

      Mayor Tuvache

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      Harry Morgan

      Hyppolite

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      George Zucco

      Dubocage

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      Ellen Corby

      Félicité

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      Eduard Franz

      Rouault

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      Henri Letondal

      Guillaumin

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      Esther Somers

      Madame Lefrançois

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      Paul Cavanagh

      Marquis D'Andervilliers

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      Frederic Tozere

      Pinard

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      Larry Sims

      Justin

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      Dawn Kinney

      Berthe

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      Vernon Steele

      Priest

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      Edith Evanson

      Mother Superior (uncredited)

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      Paul Bryar

      Bailiff (uncredited)

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      Edward Keane

      Presiding Judge (uncredited)

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      George Davis

      Innkeeper (uncredited)

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      Florence Auer

      Mme. Petree (uncredited)

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      Karl Johnson

      Drunken Guest (uncredited)

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      Sailor Vincent

      Guest (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Jul 12 2015
    Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour. Madame Bovary is directed by Vincente Minnelli and adapted to screenplay by Robert Ardrey from the Gustave Flaubert novel. It stars Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart and James Mason. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by Robert H. Planck. It's most interesting now watching Minnelli's picture and being able to place it in the time it was made. Also of major interest is reading up on what the critics of the time had to say about it. This version is an undoubted ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2076000.00

    Revenue

    2016000.00

    Keywords

    • lover
    • trial
    • adulteress