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One of the most oft-revived of the pre-Technicolor Nicholas Ray efforts, Born to Be Bad offers us the spectacle of Joan Fontaine portraying a character described as a cross between Lucrezia Borgia and Peg O' My Heart. For the benefit of her wealthy husband Zachary Scott and his family, Fontaine adopts a facade of wide-eyed .. Read more

Starring	Cary Grant, Loretta Young, Henry Travers, Paul Harvey
Director	Lowell Sherman
Genres	Drama

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  Dreadful
  
  Can't think of one redeeming feature.....,
  
  [Radio Times review appears to be for a different film, as I don't recall ever seeing the lovely ... read more »
  
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  - Edgar Jephcote
  - Notts, UK
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 09:34
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  Fails to reach potential
  
  Born to be bad had potential with some great cast members and a an unusual mother/child dynamic however it fails to deliver.
  
  Even the great Cary ... read more »
  
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- - verne
  - 1 review
  - near glasgow
  - 18 Mar 2012 at 18:29
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  Ended Oddly
  
  This film was made around the time of the implementation of the Hayes Code determining what was and was not proper to show on screen: a story line such as this... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 423 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 16:22
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  Pitiful
  
  Even the combined talents of Cary Grant and Loretta Young could not lift this appalling film. The plot such as it was, was tawdry in the extreme such that you ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 04 Apr 2008 at 08:54
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  Dreadful
  
  Can't think of one redeeming feature.....,
  
  [Radio Times review appears to be for a different film, as I don't recall ever seeing the lovely ... read more »
  
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- - Edgar Jephcote
  - Notts, UK
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 09:34
- - 1
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  Good entertainment
  
  Cary Grant at his best
  
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  - Hampshire , England
  - 01 Sep 2006 at 19:55
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  old classic film
  
  Not a bad film but a bit out dated but enjoyable all the same.
  
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- - Angela Huish
  - Hayle cornwall, england
  - 23 May 2006 at 17:27
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  Psychologically warped!
  
  Not a classic but you wont see many more psychologically warped films. Not one straightforward character in the film.
  
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  - Shrewsbury, England
  - 18 Mar 2006 at 16:56
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- - 2
  - 1
  Dreadful
  
  Can't think of one redeeming feature.....,
  
  [Radio Times review appears to be for a different film, as I don't recall ever seeing the lovely ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 457488
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Edgar Jephcote
  - Notts, UK
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 09:34
- - 1
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  old classic film
  
  Not a bad film but a bit out dated but enjoyable all the same.
  
  Report this review
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- - Angela Huish
  - Hayle cornwall, england
  - 23 May 2006 at 17:27
- - 1
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  Good entertainment
  
  Cary Grant at his best
  
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  - Hampshire , England
  - 01 Sep 2006 at 19:55
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  Psychologically warped!
  
  Not a classic but you wont see many more psychologically warped films. Not one straightforward character in the film.
  
  Report this review
- 220786
- - a customer
  - Shrewsbury, England
  - 18 Mar 2006 at 16:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Ended Oddly
  
  This film was made around the time of the implementation of the Hayes Code determining what was and was not proper to show on screen: a story line such as this... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 632737
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FrankIV
  - 423 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 16:22
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  Fails to reach potential
  
  Born to be bad had potential with some great cast members and a an unusual mother/child dynamic however it fails to deliver.
  
  Even the great Cary ... read more »
  
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- 1103702
- - verne
  - 1 review
  - near glasgow
  - 18 Mar 2012 at 18:29
- - 0
  - 1
  Pitiful
  
  Even the combined talents of Cary Grant and Loretta Young could not lift this appalling film. The plot such as it was, was tawdry in the extreme such that you ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 04 Apr 2008 at 08:54

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  One of the most oft-revived of the pre-Technicolor Nicholas Ray efforts, Born to Be Bad offers us the spectacle of Joan Fontaine portraying a character described as a cross between Lucrezia Borgia and Peg O' My Heart. For the benefit of her wealthy husband Zachary Scott and his family, Fontaine ...