Acting
Davis and Hopkins weaponize decades of genuine loathing.
Writing
Acid one-liners that would make Twitter blush.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Bette Davis
Kit Marlowe
Miriam Hopkins
Millie Drake
Gig Young
Rudd Kendall
John Loder
Preston Drake
Dolores Moran
Deirdre Drake
Phillip Reed
Lucian Grant
Roscoe Karns
Charlie Archer
Anne Revere
Belle Carter
Esther Dale
Harriet
Abigail Adams
College Girl (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Club Patron (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Davis and Hopkins' feud began in 1933 on 'Jezebel' and culminated here — Sherman allegedly had to separate them between takes.
The film quietly interrogates whether female friendship can survive ambition in a world that only has room for one 'great woman.'
US
