The Bottom of the Bottle

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The Bottom of the Bottle is a 1956 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway, based on Georges Simenon's novel about a lawyer whose escaped-convict brother seeks his help to cross the Mexican border.

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instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf Le Fond de la bouteille ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Georges Simenon ⓘ
basedOn The Bottom of the Bottle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bottom of the Bottle (novel)
castMember Ann Doran ⓘ
Bess Flowers ⓘ
Brad Dexter ⓘ
Bruce Bennett ⓘ
Jack Carson ⓘ
John Litel ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Margaret Hayes ⓘ
Nestor Paiva ⓘ
Peggie Castle ⓘ
Robert Burton ⓘ
Ruth Roman ⓘ
Van Johnson ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Henry Hathaway ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
editor J. Watson Webb Jr. ⓘ
filmColor Color ⓘ
filmingLocation Arizona ⓘ
filmProcess CinemaScope ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasTheme family loyalty ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ
leadActor Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Ruth Roman ⓘ
Van Johnson ⓘ
mainCharacter Donald Martin ⓘ
Patrick Martin ⓘ
musicBy Leigh Harline ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A lawyer is asked by his escaped-convict brother to help him cross the Mexican border to rejoin his family. ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
protagonistOccupation lawyer ⓘ
releaseDate 1956-02-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 88 ⓘ
screenwriter Richard Murphy ⓘ
Sydney Boehm ⓘ
settingLocation Arizona ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form: Mexico–United States border
sourceWorkLanguage French ⓘ
sourceWorkTitle Le Fond de la bouteille ⓘ

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Jarma Lewis → notableWork → The Bottom of the Bottle ⓘ
The Bottom of the Bottle → basedOn → The Bottom of the Bottle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bottom of the Bottle (novel)
Peggy Knudsen → notableWork → The Bottom of the Bottle ⓘ