Crime

Drama

The Damned Don't Cry

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Joan Crawford

David Brian

Steve Cochran

Kent Smith

Hugh Sanders

Selena Royle

Jacqueline deWit

Morris Ankrum

Edith Evanson

Richard Egan

Bob Alden

Bonnie Bannon

George Baxter

Paul Bradley

Kathryn Card

Tristram Coffin

Herschel Daugherty

Diane DeLaire

Forrest Dickson

Jay Eaton

Sam Fisher

Bess Flowers

Don Forbes

George Ford

Jack Gargan

Ned Glass

William E. Green

Tom Greenway

Dabbs Greer

Robert Haines

Weldon Heyburn

Charles Jordan

Eddie Kane

Fred Kelsey

Lyle Latell

David Leonard

Leon Lontoc

Herbert Lytton

Warren Mace

Rory Mallinson

Eddie Marr

Strother Martin

Thomas Martin

John Maxwell

Paul McGuire

Lee Miller

Jimmy Moss

Hugh Murray

George Nardelli

William H. O'Brien

Sara Perry

Paul Power

Waclaw Rekwart

Keith Richards

Ann Robinson

Ric Roman

Ralph Sanford

Jamesson Shade

Charles Sherlock

Allan Smith

Clarence Straight

Brick Sullivan

Blanche Taylor

Herb Vigran

Duke Watson

Paul Weber

Crane Whitley

Gertrude Walker

Rudi Fehr

Ted D. McCord

Harold Medford

Jerome Weidman

Jerry Wald

Vincent Sherman

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Perc Westmore

C.A. Riggs

William L. Kuehl

Robert M. Haas

Ray Forman

Ellsworth Fredericks

Gertrude Wheeler

Maurice De Packh

Max Steiner

Otis Malcolm

Ray Heindorf

Sidney Cutner

Leo Shuken

Wandra Ramsey

Sheila O'Brien

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Joan Crawford always could portray the ambitious, strong-willed character really well - and she does it here too. Living an hand-to-mouth existence with her husband and young son, tragedy befalls her and she ("Ethel/Lorna") determines to start a new life. Initially flogging cigars in an hotel, but soon her beauty helps her meet new, and increasingly influential, wealthy, friends. When she meets "Marty" (Kent Smith), a small time accountant whom she introduces to her restaurant owning pal "Grady" (Hugh Sanders), this honest fellow starts to attract attention of his own, the coat-tails of whom she is happy to travel along on, too. Before long, both are embroiled in a perilous nationwide gaming racket headed by her latest beau "George" (David Brian). When he gets suspicious of one of his underlings "Nick" (Steve Cochran), she is despatched to use her wiles on him - only, that doesn't quite go according to plan... You kind of feel sorry for poor old "Marty" - infatuated by Crawford, but not on her radar as she seeks wealth and power, inherently drawn to the wrong 'uns. The ending is a bit rushed, but the rest of it takes it's time to demonstrate this women's ability to twist men around her little finger. The pace is good, the male performances maybe just a bit stereotyped - but it's still a great opportunity for the star to be exactly that.

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Joan Crawford

David Brian

Steve Cochran

Kent Smith

Hugh Sanders

Selena Royle

Jacqueline deWit

Morris Ankrum

Edith Evanson

Richard Egan

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