Born to Be Bad

Sep 28, 1950

1h 34m

★ 6.0

Women hated her...but men DESIRED her!

Overview

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Born to Be Bad Trailers

Cast

Christabel Caine Carey

Joan Fontaine

Nick Bradley

Robert Ryan

Curtis Carey

Zachary Scott

Donna Foster

Joan Leslie

Gabriel 'Gobby' Broome

Mel Ferrer

John Caine

Harold Vermilyea

Aunt Clara Caine

Virginia Farmer

Mrs. Bolton

Kathleen Howard

Arthur, Curtis' Butler

Dick Ryan

Mrs. Worthington

Bess Flowers

Mrs. Porter

Joy Hallward

Committee Woman

Hazel Boyne

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