“Michael Curtiz’s darkest and saddest film.”
—Film Comment

“An acute, unsparing study of relationships poisoned by class and money.”
—The Criterion Collection

“Utterly gripping.”
—The Guardian

Joan Crawford’s career seemed to be at an end in 1945. But her will to survive was mirrored in her next part, the title role in this film, one of her career milestones. She plays a devoted mother who stands by her daughter through everything, including murder. This is peak Hollywood melodrama. In 35mm.