A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face (1941)

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    (5 reviews)

  • 88% of users liked it
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A remake of the Swedish film of the same name (see entry 55092), MGM's A Woman's Face was reshaped into one of Joan Crawford's best vehicles. Told in flashback from the vantage point of a murder trial, the story concerns a female criminal whose face is disfigured by a hideous scar. The… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed By
George Cukor
Written By
Francis de Croisset, Donald Ogden Stewart
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1941 Wide
On DVD
Feb 12, 2008
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Joan Crawford, disfigured for her (and George Cukor's) art

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Under Cukor's guidance, Crawford gives one of her least mannered performance in this noir remake of an Ingrid Bergman Swedish film about a woman whose scarred face has made her bitter.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Pleasing film despite the inane dialogue.

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  • William D


    Right after directing "The Philadelphia Story," George Cukor made the unfairly forgotten melodrama "A Woman's Face," starring Joan Crawford and a great supporting cast that included Melvyn Douglas and a demonic Conrad Veidt. It's certainly not a great… More

  • Stella D


    dark material for cukor, better known for his comedies. he manages to draw a nicely restrained performance from joan crawford, as a woman whose fate is twisted by her disfigured face. and no one does evil like conrad veidt. i'd love to see the original swedish film with ingrid… More

  • William S


    Sometimes I actually prefer A Woman's Face over Mildred Pierce - Cukor seems to have subdued Crawford a little, making her seem less histrionic - softer and less brittle. But I suppose that's why it's less popular - we want the brittle glamour and we love to see… More

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