Il était une fois (1941)
Anna Holm est maître-chanteur qui, à cause d'une cicatrice défigurant son visage, méprise tous ceux qui croisent son chemin. Quand un chirurgien esthétique lui rend un visage normal, Anna devient tiraillée entre l'espoir de pouvoir commencer une nouvelle vie et les tentations des obscurités de sa vie passée. Elle devient alors gouvernante d'un enfant et finit par tuer un homme qui cherchait à l'assassiner.
Directeur:
George Cukor
écrivains:
Elliot Paul, Donald Ogden Stewart.
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Joan Crawford as Anna Holm |
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Melvyn Douglas as Dr. Gustaf Segert |
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Conrad Veidt as Torsten Barring |
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Osa Massen as Vera Segert |
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Reginald Owen as Bernard Dalvik |
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Albert Bassermann as Consul Magnus Barring |
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Marjorie Main as Emma Kristiansdotter |
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Donald Meek as Herman Rundvik |
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Connie Gilchrist as Christina Dalvik |
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Richard Nichols as Lars-Erik Barring |
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Charles Quigley as Eric |
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Gwili Andre as Gusta |
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Clifford Brooke as Wickman |
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George Zucco as Defense Attorney |
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Henry Kolker as Judge |
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Robert Warwick as Associate Judge |
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Gilbert Emery as Associate Judge |
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Henry Daniell as Public Prosecutor |
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Sarah Padden as Police Matron |
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William Farnum as Court Attendant |
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Doris Day as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Production | Victor Saville | Producer |
| Camera | Robert H. Planck | Director of Photography |
| Directing | George Cukor | Director |
| Writing | Francis de Croisset | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Bronislau Kaper | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Marvin Stuart | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Directing | Edward Woehler | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Writing | Elliot Paul | Screenplay |
| Writing | Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |