Born to Be Bad

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Born to Be Bad is a 1950 film noir–style drama starring Joan Fontaine as a manipulative social climber entangled in romance and deceit.

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instanceOf film
film noir–style drama
authorOfSourceWork Anne Parrish NERFINISHED
basedOn All Kneeling NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Nicholas Musuraca NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Nicholas Ray NERFINISHED
distributor RKO NERFINISHED
RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Roland Gross NERFINISHED
filmingProcess 35 mm
format black-and-white film
genre drama film
film noir
hasTheme greed
manipulation
morality
romantic deceit
social climbing
leadActor Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED
Robert Ryan NERFINISHED
Zachary Scott NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Christabel Caine Carey NERFINISHED
motionPictureRating Approved
musicBy Frederick Hollander NERFINISHED
narrativeForm feature film
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A manipulative social climber schemes her way into wealth and status through romantic entanglements and deceit.
portrayedBy Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED
producer Jerry Wald NERFINISHED
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1950-07-07
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 94
screenwriter Charles Schnee NERFINISHED
Edith R. Sommer NERFINISHED
setting San Francisco NERFINISHED
starring Bessie Lyle NERFINISHED
Harold Vermilyea NERFINISHED
Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED
Joan Leslie NERFINISHED
Kathleen Howard NERFINISHED
Mel Ferrer NERFINISHED
Robert Ryan NERFINISHED
Virginia Farmer NERFINISHED
Zachary Scott NERFINISHED

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Nicholas Ray directed Born to Be Bad
Joan Fontaine notableWork Born to Be Bad