Jezebel
1938 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free spirited, rapacious Southern belle who is sure of herself and controlling of her fiancé Preston Dillard, a successful young banker. Julie's sensitive but domineering personality--she does not want so much to hurt as to assert her independence--forces a wedge between Preston and herself. To win him back, she plays North against South amid a deadly epidemic of yellow fever which claims a surprising victim.
Direction William Wyler
Cast Bette Davis · Henry Fonda · George Brent · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Crisp · Fay Bainter · Richard Cromwell · Henry O'Neill · Spring Byington
Soundtrack Max Steiner
Screenplay Abem Finkel · Clements Ripley · John Huston · Owen Davis
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Original title Jezebel
7.7
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