Madame Butterfly

Dec 30, 1932

1h 26m

★ 5.5

Overview

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Cho-Cho San

Sylvia Sidney

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Cary Grant

Lieutenant Barton

Charles Ruggles

Yamadori

Irving Pichel

Cho-Cho's Mother

Helen Jerome Eddy

Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Edmund Breese

Suzuki

Louise Carter

Madame Goro

Judith Vosselli

Goro

Sándor Kállay

Adelaide Pinkerton

Sheila Terry

Peach Blossom

Dorothy Libaire

Mr. Sharpless

Berton Churchill

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