The Damned Don't Cry
The Damned Don't Cry ★★½ 1950
Crawford is a small-town girl who leaves her family to climb the social ladder to the top of organized crime as a boss's moll by using her looks and guile. Melodrama, in the vein of Crawford's “Mildred Pierce,” mixes with a noirish atmosphere to create an interesting crime drama/character study. 103m/C DVD . Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith, Hugh Sanders, Selena Royle, Jacqueline DeWit, Morris Ank-rum, Edith Evanson, Richard Egan, Jimmy Moss, Eddie Marr; D: Vincent Sherman; W: Harold Med-ford; C: Ted D. McCord; M: Daniele Amfitheatrof.
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