Born to Be Bad
“Women hated her...but men DESIRED her!”
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
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Cast
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Joan Fontaine
Christabel
Known for
Rebecca
Suspicion
Robert Ryan
Nick
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Bad Day at Black Rock
Zachary Scott
Curtis
Known for
Mildred Pierce
The Southerner
Joan Leslie
Donna
Known for
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant York
Mel Ferrer
Gobby
Known for
The Visitor
Eaten Alive
Harold Vermilyea
John Caine
Known for
Sorry, Wrong Number
The Big Clock
Virginia Farmer
Aunt Clara
Known for
Gun Crazy
The Men
Kathleen Howard
Mrs. Bolton
Known for
It's a Gift
Ball of Fire
Dick Ryan
Arthur
Also in
Wild Is the Wind
Beau Revel
Bess Flowers
Mrs. Worthington
Known for
Monkey Business
Houseboat
Joy Hallward
Mrs. Porter
Known for
Witness to Murder
Hazel Boyne
Committee Woman
Also in
The Lusty Men
That's My Boy
Nicholas Ray Director · Edith R. Sommer Screenplay Anne Parrish Author
United States release September 21, 1950 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 21, 1950
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
September 28, 1950 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Sweden
May 15, 1951 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 5, 1951 · Theatrical
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