Directed by:
William WylerCinematography:
Ernest HallerComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, Spring Byington, John Litel (more)Plots(1)
In New Orleans, in 1850, Julie Marsden, a strong-willed Southern belle, is engaged to marry Preston Dillard, a prominent New Orleans banker with an equally strong mind. Their struggle for supremacy in the relationship comes to a head the night of a traditional ball to which unmarried women are expected to wear white, but Julie defiantly insists on wearing red. Pres is shocked, but ultimately agrees to escort her. At the ball, Julie begins to regret her decision, but Pres forces her to dance, and afterward ends their engagement. In disbelief, Julie waits for Pres to apologize, but he stands his ground, leaving for the North on business. When he returns, she humbles herself in front of him, begging for forgiveness, but it is too late. Pres has married a Yankee, Amy Bradford, and asks Julie to accept his wife without bitterness. The growing threat of yellow fever in New Orleans has forced Julie and her Aunt Belle to move to their country plantation. There they entertain the Dillards, Pres's younger brother Ted, and one of Julie's persistent suitors, the rebellious Buck Cantrell. At dinner, Pres and Buck argue politics, but Pres is called to town and it is Ted who finishes the argument in a duel with Buck. Buck is killed, and Pres is struck down with fever. Julie sneaks through the fever line with the help of her servant, Gros Bat. In town, Dr. Livingstone tells Julie that Pres must go to the leper colony for quarantine. Amy, accompanied by Ted and Aunt Belle, follows Julie, and as Pres's wife, she insists on attending to him. In a final confrontation, Julie convinces Amy that her ignorance of Southern ways means certain death for them both. Amy acquiesces, and Julie rides into the night at Pres's side. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Trevor Bardette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/161/159161554_f8a507.jpg)
Trevor Bardette
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)
![Matthew 'Stymie' Beard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/985/159985495_40b415.jpg)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
USA
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Jezebel (1938)
![Amzie Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223023_ad7cdf.jpg)
Amzie Strickland
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Mary Field](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223101_ee4008.jpg)
Mary Field
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
![Theresa Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/919/160919552_fedb65.jpg)
Theresa Harris
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Jezebel (1938)
Out of the Past (1947)
Georgia Caine
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Dodge City (1939)
Ann Codee
Belgium
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Detective Story (1951)
Jezebel (1938)
Louis Mercier
Algeria
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Jesse Graves
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Jack George
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Margaret Early
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Stage Door (1937)
Jezebel (1938)
Davison Clark
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Love Is News (1937)
Cliff Saum
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Captain Blood (1935)
George Sorel
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Jacques Vanaire
Belgium
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Edward McWade
USA
Best movies:
The Monster (1925)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Georges Renavent
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Jack Norton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747358_ede78d.jpg)
Jack Norton
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Jezebel (1938)