Woman's World

Woman's World

The Worldy Story of Three Deadly Females and the Men in Their Lives!

1954 · 94 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.

Directed by Jean Negulesco · Written by Howard Lindsay

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Clifton Webb Ernest Gifford
June Allyson Katie Baxter
Cornel Wilde Bill Baxter
Lauren Bacall Elizabeth Burns
Fred MacMurray Sid Burns
Van Heflin Jerry Talbot
Arlene Dahl Carol Talbot
Elliott Reid Tony Andrews
Margalo Gillmore Mrs. Evelyn Andrews
Alan Reed Tomaso
David Hoffman Jabernowski
William H. O'Brien Servant

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