The Damned Don't Cry

May 13, 1950

1h 43m

★ 7.0

Warner Bros.' Flaming Stars of 'Flamingo Road' Meet in Scarlet Shadows Again!

Overview

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Ethel Whitehead

Joan Crawford

George Castleman

David Brian

Nick Prenta

Steve Cochran

Martin Blackford

Kent Smith

Grady

Hugh Sanders

Patricia Longworth

Selena Royle

Sandra

Jacqueline deWit

Jim Whitehead

Morris Ankrum

Mrs. Castleman

Edith Evanson

Roy Whitehead

Richard Egan

Messenger (uncredited)

Bob Alden

Woman in Casino (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon

Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. Pilot insists that they head for Seattle, but doesn't tell Jack why. The goons learn from Pilot's drug source where the youths are headed, and they follow, hell bent on breaking Jack's feet. On the road, Jack and Pilot give a ride to Cassie, a distressed young woman. She and Jack hit it off. They pick up an aging stoner headed to Seattle for Kurt Cobain's memorial, and they help a circus sideshow family. Why is Pilot so set on Seattle, will the goons catch Jack, and is there any way the friends' competing needs can be resolved?

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