Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

1950 · 94 min · EN · 5.9 (30 votes)
Dir. Nicholas Ray · Starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel Ferrer, Harold Vermilyea · Music Friedrich Hollaender

Women hated her...but men DESIRED her!

Drama

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

VIBE

A smoky, morally ambiguous descent into obsession and betrayal. This film drips with the intoxicating poison of desire and the cold calculation of a woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

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