HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE

Details

• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Drama, Horror, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: 'The blood is on the cleaver, the madwoman is on the loose, the headless corpse is on the prowl and the Guignol is about as grand as it can get' (Judith Crist)! Bette Davis reteams with Robert Aldrich, her director on 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?', for this terrifying, gothic thriller which also stars Olivia de Havilland '(Gone With the Wind)', Joseph Cotten '(Shadow of a Doubt)' and Agnes Moorehead, who was nominated for a 1964 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in this film.; ; Charlotte (Davis) was a Southern belle preparing to elope with her married lover (Bruce Dern)... until he was murdered. Now, 37 years later, she lives alone in her mansion, slowly going mad as she is haunted by the memory of the unsolved crime and tormented by the local townspeople who believe she killed him. But when her cousin (de Havilland) comes to visit, the skeletons begin to tumble out of the closet - and that's when the terror really begins!
• Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Wesley Addy, William Campbell, Bruce Dern, Frank Ferguson, George Kennedy, Dave Willock, Michel Petit, John Megna, Kelly Flynn, Percy Helton, Alida Aldrich, Kelly Aldrich, William Aldrich, Carol Delay, Ellen Corby, Marianne Stewart, Helen Kleeb, Lillian Randolph, Geraldine West, Maye Henderson, Bill Walker, Idell James, Teddy Buckner and His All-Stars, Robert Adler, Teddy Buckner, Jerry Leggio, Robert Aldrich, Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
• Director: Robert Aldrich
• Runtime: 2:12
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie