Della

Aug 8, 1964

1h 8m

★ 7.2

Overview

Della Chappell is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants to develop some land that Della owns, the town sends out Barney Stafford to talk to her. She invites Barney over to negotiate the proposal. Barney soon takes a liking to Della's equally reclusive daughter Jenny Chappell. After spending some time with Jenny, he realizes that Della has a dark secret, one that keeps them from the outside world.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Four Stars Productions

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Cast

Della Chappell

Joan Crawford

Jenny Chappell

Diane Baker

Hugh Stafford

Charles Bickford

Barney Stafford

Paul Burke

David Stafford

Richard Carlson

Joel Stafford

Robert Sampson

Walter Garrick

Otto Kruger

Mark Nodella

Richard Bull

Chris Stafford

James Noah

Addie Stafford

Marianna Case

Mrs. Kyle

Sara Taft

Sam Jordon

Walter Woolf King

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