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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
1964 · Directed by Robert Aldrich · 133 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 12 frames
Tagline
The years will soon erase a lover's lies...the blood on his face!
Crew
- Screenplay: Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
- Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
- Edited by: Michael Luciano
- Music: Frank De Vol
- Produced by: Robert Aldrich
Cast
- Bette Davis as Charlotte Hollis
- Olivia de Havilland as Miriam Deering
- Joseph Cotten as Drew Bayliss
- Agnes Moorehead as Velma Cruther
- Cecil Kellaway as Harry Willis
- Victor Buono as Big Sam Hollis
- Mary Astor as Jewel Mayhew
- Wesley Addy as Sheriff Standish
- William Campbell as Paul Marchand
- Bruce Dern as John Mayhew
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Associates & Aldrich Company, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $2,200,000
- Box office: $4,000,000
- Themes: southern usa, insanity, highway, cousin, family secrets, murder, mansion, psychological thriller, love affair, housekeeper
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