Female on the Beach is a 1955 American crime-drama film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in a story about a widow and her beach bum lover. The screenplay by Robert Hill and Richard Alan Simmons was based on the play The Besieged Heart by Robert Hill. The film was produced by Albert Zugsmith.[1]
Female on the Beach | |
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Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
Screenplay by | Robert Hill Richard Alan Simmons |
Based on | the play The Besieged Heart by Robert Hill |
Produced by | Albert Zugsmith |
Starring | Joan Crawford Jeff Chandler |
Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Edited by | Russell Schoengarth |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld Herman Stein (both not credited) |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The script was based on an unproduced play by Bob Hill, The Besieged Heart.[2] Albert Zugsmith bought the rights and worked on the script with Bob Hill. He then sold the project to Universal who were looking for a vehicle for Joan Crawford. The studio also hired Zugsmith to produce, starting a relationship between him and Universal which lasted several years.[3]
A review in Harrison's Reports said that the movie offered "a fairly interesting though somewhat seamy mixture of sex, murder and suspense."[4]
Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a mixed review, writing "Their progress is rendered no more fetching by the inanities of a hackneyed script and the artificiality and pretentiousness of Miss Crawford's acting style. At the end, the guilty party is revealed in a ridiculous way. Jan Sterling, Cecil Kellaway and Natalie Schafer are the supporting players you may remotely suspect."[5]
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