All About Eve

All About Eve (1950)

U
30/11/2007 (GB)
Drama
2h 19m

It's all about women... and their men!

Overview

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

  • Joseph L. MankiewiczDirector, Screenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $1,400,000

  • Revenue

    $8,400,000

Keywords

  • playwright
  • hollywood
  • black and white
  • relationship
  • insecurity
  • broadway
  • based on short story
  • broadway star
  • manipulative woman
  • stage struck
  • preserved film
  • homewrecker

Top Billed Cast

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Margo Channing

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Eve Harrington

George Sanders

George Sanders

Addison DeWitt

Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm

Karen Richards

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Bill Sampson

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Lloyd Richards

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Birdie Coonan

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Max Fabian

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Miss Caswell

Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates

Phoebe

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