The Goddess (1958)
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(220 ratings)
Screenplay writer Paddy Chayefsky, and indeed everyone involved with the film, insisted that The Goddess wasn't really all about Marilyn Monroe. Nawww. Kim Stanley plays a neglected young woman living in poverty who aspires to be a movie star. She gets a few roles here and there on looks alone.… More Screenplay writer Paddy Chayefsky, and indeed everyone involved with the film, insisted that The Goddess wasn't really all about Marilyn Monroe. Nawww. Kim Stanley plays a neglected young woman living in poverty who aspires to be a movie star. She gets a few roles here and there on looks alone. She marries a washed-up athlete (Lloyd Bridges) who becomes fiercely jealous of her sex appeal. She sleeps her way to the top, then finds that her success is hollow. Regarded in many circles as the pinnacle of dramatic art in 1958, The Goddess is more likely to invoke howls of laughter from today's in-the-know audiences. The most famous bit: Patty Duke, playing Kim Stanley as a child, telling her pet cat that she got promoted in school. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Cromwell
- Written By
- Paddy Chayevsky
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
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Cast
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Kim Stanley
as Rita Shawn
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Lloyd Bridges
as Dutch Seymour
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Steven Hill
as John Tower
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Betty Lou Holland
as Mrs. Faulkner
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Burt Brinckerhoff
as Boy
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Gerald Hiken
as Uncle
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Joan Copeland
as Aunt
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Bert Freed
as Lester Brackman
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Elizabeth Wilson
as Nurse
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Joyce Van Patten
as Hillary
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Joanne Linville
as Joanna
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Patty Duke
as Emily Ann Faulkner/Rita Shawn
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Louise Beavers
as Cook
- Margaret Brayton
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Curt Conway
as Writer
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Werner Klemperer
as Mr. Woolsy
- Mike O'Dowd
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Gerald Petrarca
as Minister
- Sid Raymond
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Linda Soma
as Bridesmaid
- Fred Herrick
