Jezebel
Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free spirited, rapacious Southern belle who is sure of herself and controlling of her fiancè Preston Dillard, a successful young banker. Julie's sensitive but domineering personality--she does not want so much to hurt as to assert her independence--forces a wedge between Preston and herself. To win him back, she plays North against South amid a deadly epidemic of yellow fever which claims a surprising victim.
APPROVED
HD
Drama, Romance
1938
104 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Jezebel
- Duration : 104 min
- Languages : English, French
- Writers : Clements Ripley (screen play), Abem Finkel (screen play), John Huston (screen play), Owen Davis (from the play by)
- Directors : William Wyler min
- Imdb : 7.6 (8182 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (5522 votes)
- Actors : Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay
Movie Storyline
Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free spirited, rapacious Southern belle who is sure of herself and controlling of her fiancè Preston Dillard, a successful young banker. Julie's sensitive but domineering personality--she does not want so much to hurt as to assert her independence--forces a wedge between Preston and herself. To win him back, she plays North against South amid a deadly epidemic of yellow fever which claims a surprising victim.