Directed by:
Douglas SirkCinematography:
Russell MettyCast:
Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Robert Alda, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, Juanita Moore, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston, George Barrows, Ann Robinson (more)Plots(1)
Story follows the lives of two mothers and their relationships to their only child daughters. The one mother, a successful actress, has grown distant from her daughter. The other is the black housekeeper to the actress whose own light-skinned daughter can pass for white and decides to disown any connection to her race, much to her mother's heartbreak. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
John Gavin
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Sandra Dee
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
Come September (1961)
If a Man Answers (1962)
Robert Alda
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Susan Kohner
USA
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Last Wagon (1956)
Dan O'Herlihy
Ireland
Juanita Moore
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Skin Game (1971)
Troy Donahue
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Jack Weston
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Cactus Flower (1969)
George Barrows
USA
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Ann Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
A Star is Born (1954)
Julie (1956)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
Richard Collier
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Chase (1966)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Terry Burnham
USA
Best movies:
Imitation of Life (1959)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Myrna Fahey
USA
Best movies:
Loving You (1957)
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
Waclaw Rekwart
Poland
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Paul Bradley
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Gilda (1946)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Cap Somers
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Joseph Mell
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Harder They Fall (1956)