Mildred Pierce · LeviOsa

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Mildred Pierce · LeviOsa

Mildred Pierce key art

1945·NR

Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

CrimeDrama1h 51m

🍅88%

🍅

88%

Tomatometer

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90%

Popcornmeter

7.6

TMDB

Storyline

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Trailers

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'Mildred Pierce' and Joan Crawford's Triumphant Reinvention | Film 101

'Mildred Pierce' and Joan Crawford's Triumphant Reinvention | Film 101

Mildred Pierce - 4K restoration official trailer

Mildred Pierce - 4K restoration official trailer

Restoration Spotlight: MILDRED PIERCE

Restoration Spotlight: MILDRED PIERCE

Molly Haskell and Robert Polito on Mommy Issues in MILDRED PIERCE

Molly Haskell and Robert Polito on Mommy Issues in MILDRED PIERCE

Mick Garris on MILDRED PIERCE

Mick Garris on MILDRED PIERCE

Details

DirectorMichael Curtiz

ReleasedOct 20, 1945

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$1.5M

Revenue

$5.6M

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

Bill Alcorn

Soldier (uncredited)

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Reviews

10 reviews · 7 critics · 2 fans

8 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Tied together by a powerhouse performance from Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce blends noir and social drama to soapily intoxicating effect.”

88% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

E

Ed Potton

RTThe Times (UK)Aug 17, 2018

Crawford is always mesmerizing, steely and teary as she is manipulated, accused of murder and circled by men who are stolid...crass...or emollient.

D

David Jenkins

RTLittle White LiesAug 13, 2018

This great film is a more subtle, nuanced beast than expected.

M

Manny Farber

RTThe New RepublicAug 31, 2012

The production, mainly because of Michael Curtiz's direction, is unimaginative and badly hoked-up.

J

Julian Singleton

RTCinapseJul 12, 2025

It’s the glimpses of fragility amidst the fearlessness that Crawford and Curtiz allow Mildred that makes her such a compelling protagonist and makes her film so memorably irresistible.

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Information

Title

Mildred Pierce

Released

Oct 20, 1945

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Status

Released

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

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