Handlung
Mildred Pierce ist eine junge Frau, die jedoch in unglücklicher Ehe lebt. Ihr einziger Lichtblick in der Welt ist ihre Tochter Veda, welche jedoch vom Geld der Familie relativ verzogen geraten ist. Als sie von ihrem Ehemann verlassen wird, steht Mildred mittellos mit ihrer Tochter auf der Straße. Um durchzukommen, beginnt sie in einem Restaurant als Kellnerin zu arbeiten. Hierbei schafft sie es, sich durch Geschick und Tüchtigkeit herauszuarbeiten und nach einigen Jahren kann sie, durch die Unterstützung des Geschäftsmanns Wally und des Lebemanns Monte, ihr eigenes Restaurant eröffnen. Eine wahre Erfolgsgeschichte, entwickelt sich doch schon bald eine ganze Kette aus dem einen Restaurant. Doch der Erfolg der Mutter, ist der nun herangewachsenen Veda nicht genug und so schmeißt sie sich, mit Blick auf das Geld gerichtet, an Monte heran, mit dem Mildred zu dem Zeitpunkt allerdings glücklich verheiratet ist…
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Besetzung
Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson
Wally Fay
Zachary Scott
Monte Beragon
Eve Arden
Ida Corwin
Ann Blyth
Veda Pierce Forrester
Bruce Bennett
Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Lee Patrick
Maggie Biederhof
Moroni Olsen
Inspector Peterson
Veda Ann Borg
Miriam Ellis
Jo Ann Marlowe
Kay Pierce
Butterfly McQueen
Lottie (uncredited)
Bill Alcorn
Soldier (uncredited)
Betty Alexander
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Anderson
Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)
Robert Arthur
High School Boy (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett
Waitress (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Police Matron (uncredited)
Dorothy Barrett
Dorothy (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Thieving Waitress (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Waitress (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Personnel Man (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
John Compton
Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Waitress (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Policeman (uncredited)
David Cota
Pancho (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Policeman (uncredited)
James Flavin
Detective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Angela Greene
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack
Little Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Policeman (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane
Waitress (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Personnel Man (uncredited)
Manart Kippen
Dr. Gale (uncredited)
Marion Lessing
Waitress (uncredited)
Jimmy Lono
Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)
Jean Lorraine
Woman (uncredited)
George Meader
Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Man (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Jack the Mailman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
First Night Diner (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Policeman on Pier (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Reporter (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Personnel Man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Diner Customer (uncredited)
Mary Servoss
Nurse (uncredited)
George Tobias
Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)
Johnny Walsh
Delivery Man (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
Piano Teacher (uncredited)
John Christian
Singing Teacher (uncredited)
