Madame X (1981 film)
Appearance
Madame X | |
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Directed by | Robert Ellis Miller |
Written by | Edward Anhalt Jean Holloway |
Produced by | Bernadette Joyce Paula Levenback Wendy Riche |
Starring | Tuesday Weld |
Cinematography | Woody Omens |
Edited by | Skip Lusk |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Madame X is a 1981 American drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912).
Plot
A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her daughter (it was her son in all other versions) who does not know who she is.
Cast
- Tuesday Weld as Holly Richardson
- Jeremy Brett as Dr. Terrence Keith
- Len Cariou as John Abbott
- Martina Deignan as Elizabeth Reeves
- Robert Hooks as Dist. Atty. Roerich
- Eleanor Parker as Katherine Richardson
- Jerry Stiller as Burt Orland
- Robin Strand as Willy Dwyer
- Granville Van Dusen as Clay Richardson
- Norman Bartold as Judge Tom Matlock
- Raleigh Bond as Captain Costa
- Stanley Brock as Arthur Penrose
- Camilla Carr as Kit
- Pola Miller as Bejay Matlock
- Tony Plana as Senor Rueda