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1962 Certificate 15
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Bette Davis is an elderly Southern recluse slowly being driven mad. Fearing that her home may soon be demolished to make way for a new road, and at the same time exposing an ancient murder, her relatives start to gang up on her. What do they want? And why are they trying to convince her that she's mad? Read more

Starring Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten
Director Robert Aldrich
Genres Drama

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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Bette Davis is an elderly Southern recluse slowly being driven mad. Fearing that her home may soon be demolished to make way for a new road, and at the same time exposing an ancient murder, her relatives start to gang up on her. What do they want? And why are they trying to convince her that she's mad?

Starring Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, William Campbell, Victor Buono
Director Robert Aldrich
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 16 Jan 2006
Production year: 1962
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Having revived the careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the Hollywood melodrama What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, director Robert Aldrich was anxious to recall them for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. While Davis readily agreed, sensing another triumph, Crawford cried off, claiming a nervous breakdown, and when Aldrich cast Olivia de Havilland, Crawford said, “She needs a good picture.” And de Havilland got one, a delirious slice of American Gothic about two warring cousins and an inheritance. All the Deep South conventions are present — shadowy mansion, thrumming insects, secrets in the closet. This is Tennessee Williams for the Darby and Joan Club with old-timers Mary Astor, Agnes Moorehead and Joseph Cotten also adding to this heady brew for fans of Hollywood's golden age gone bananas.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Loony Grand Guignol, with Aldrich and Davis retreading the territory charted in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? a... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Absolutely brilliant - one of the best

    This movie has it all - suspense, drama, twists and turns. Coming from a time when actors had to rely on their talent rather than special effects, this film certainly delivers. Bette Davis at her very best, this film will have you gripped from the beginning to the end. At times scary, at times sad, this film gets 100% from me.

      • Jane Smerdon from London, England
      • Posted 02 Sep 2006 09:15

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  • 0 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    very dull...don't bother!

    I am a massive fan of Bette Davis and could watch her sitting in a chair and be glued. But this was pretty dire. Very thin plot, although despite it's thinness still manages to be at times confusing. Very little depth to the characters.

      • A customer from East Sussex
      • Posted 06 Feb 2006 14:25

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