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133 minutes of women talking about men... and there's not a single man in sight.
Indie
TMDB
72
IMDb
77
Rotten Tomatoes
94
Audience Score
87
Google
88
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The Women (1939)

viciously wittyglamorous chaosscathing satire

Overview

ComedyDrama

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

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Content warning
new york cityparent child relationshipmother daughter relationshipblack and whitefemale friendshipfashion showdivorcebased on play or musicalinfidelitygold digger+5 more

Standout Aspects

Acting

Joan Crawford's Crystal: pure venom in satin.

Writing

Dialogue so mean it should be illegal.

Production

Fashion show in Technicolor... wait, it's all B&W?

Best for:Solo: Soak in every razor-sharp insult uninterrupted.·Friends: Pause to dissect which friend is which character.·Rewatch: Catch the shade you missed while laughing.
George Cukor

Director

George Cukor

ReleasedSep 1, 1939
Runtime2h 13m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feelmedium
Budget$1.7M·Revenue$2.3M
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Top Cast

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Mary Haines

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Crystal Allen

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Sylvia Fowler

Mary Boland

Mary Boland

The Countess De Lave

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Miriam Aarons

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Peggy Day

Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson

Mrs. Morehead

Phyllis Povah

Phyllis Povah

Edith Potter

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

Little Mary

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Lucy

Virginia Grey

Virginia Grey

Pat

Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey

Miss Wattson

Muriel Hutchison

Muriel Hutchison

Jane

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Dolly Dupuyster

Florence Nash

Florence Nash

Nancy Blake

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

The entire cast of 135 women was filmed in strict segregation—no men allowed on set, not even as extras.

Cultural

The fashion show sequence was originally shot in two-strip Technicolor, then cut from most prints; surviving color footage finally surfaced in 2000.

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