Movie
BUtterfield 8
Overview
Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-11-04
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Afton-Linebrook
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous
- Laurence Harvey as Weston Liggett
- Eddie Fisher as Steve Carpenter
- Dina Merrill as Emily Liggett
- Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Wandrous
- Betty Field as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
- George Voskovec as Dr. Tredman
- Jeffrey Lynn as Bingham Smith
- Susan Oliver as Norma
- Kay Medford as Happy
- Alex Mann as Extra
- Tom Ahearne as Tom the Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
- Daniel Mann - Director
- John Michael Hayes - Screenplay
- Charles Schnee - Screenplay
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