Rent Harriet Craig (1950)
3.7 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- From director Vincent Sherman (Affair in Trinidad) comes the classic drama Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) and Wendell Corey (Rear Window). Manipulative and possessive Harriet (Crawford) controls every aspect of the lives of her husband Walter (Corey) and cousin Clare (K T Stevens, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice), and schemes to destroy their chances of happiness. However, when they become aware of her treachery, her world begins to fall apart...Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Craig's Wife by George Kelly (The Show-Off), 'Harriet Craig' boasts one of Joan Crawford's most devastating performances.
- Actors:
- Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson, Allyn Joslyn, William Bishop, K.T. Stevens, Viola Roache, Raymond Greenleaf, Ellen Corby, Virginia Brissac, Kathryn Card, Charles Evans, Herschel Graham, Mira McKinney, Pat Mitchell, Al Murphy, Fiona O'Shiel, Susanne Rosser, Katherine Warren, Douglas Wood
- Directors:
- Vincent Sherman
- Producers:
- William Dozier
- Writers:
- James Gunn, Anne Froelich, George Kelly, Joan Crawford
- Aka:
- The Lady of the House
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/02/2025
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2025)
- A World of Control (2025, 19 mins): academic and film historian Lies Lanckman discusses the making of the film and its place in Joan Crawford's career
- The Campbell Playhouse: 'Craig's Wife' (1940, 44 mins): radio play adaptation of George Kelly's 1925 play, starring Orson Welles and Ann Harding
- Lux Radio Theatre: 'Craig's Wife' (1941, 51 mins): subsequent radio adaptation of the play, starring Rosalind Russell, Herbert Marshall, and Beulah Bondi
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- World premiere on Blu-ray
