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Academy Award-winner Joan Crawford (Best Actress, Mildred Pierce, 1945) is at her conniving and devious best as the Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results. The poster art screamed, "One female alone may be the queen bee. The other females serve only to sacrifice themselves while tending the queen bee or defending her. The males of the species exist only to serve the queen`s pleasure..." and who better to exact the role than Crawford?
Eva Phillips (Crawford) is married to Avery (Barry Sullivan), a wealthy mill owner who has been driven to drink and bitterness by Eva`s ruthless, self-seeking machinations and frank infidelity. When Avery`s sister Carol Lee (Betsy Palmer) announces her engagement, Crawford maneuvers to prevent the wedding to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland), the queen bee`s secret lover.
William K. Zinsser in the New York Herald Tribune said of her performance, "Miss Crawford plays her role with such silky villainy that we long to see her dispatched."
Eva, una donna ambiziosa e crudele che si è fatta da sola, circuisce e si fa sposare dal ricco Avery. Gli sposi vanno a vivere insieme in una lussuosa villa. La dispotica Eva allontana da sé il marito che finisce per darsi all`alcol. Lei intanto si consola con John che sta per sposarsi con Carol, sorella di Avery. Per non perdere l`amante Eva rivela alla cognata la sua relazione con John. Disperata Carol si uccide. Nel frattempo Jennifer, che si prende cura dei figli della coppia, cerca di fare pressione su Avery perché prenda in mano le redini della casa.
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