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In This Our Life (1942)

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Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Selfish Stanley Timberlake abruptly breaks up with her fiancé and seduces her sister's husband, who runs away with her. After the wayward spouse gets divorced, he marries the wicked woman, but her... Selfish Stanley Timberlake abruptly breaks up with her fiancé and seduces her sister's husband, who runs away with her. After the wayward spouse gets divorced, he marries the wicked woman, but her lying, cheating ways soon drive him to suicide. Then Stanley returns home to her family, where she continues to wreak havoc on those around her. Guilty of killing a child in a hit-and-run accident, Stanley wrongly accuses a black man of the crime, but eventually the truth catches up with her. [More]

Starring: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Charles Coburn

Starring: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel, Dennis Morgan, Frank Craven, Billie Burke

Director: John Huston

Director: John Huston
Producer: David Lewis
Screenwriter: Howard Koch, John Huston
Composer: Max Steiner

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Good soap opera, with an unusually resiliant Good Woman, and plenty to say about race relations.

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Don't be fooled by the impressive credits. This is pretty much a stinker.

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