Bette Davis
Charlotte
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
- (16K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Robert Aldrich
- 1965-01-20
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Mary Astor in her final film role.
Summaries. An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Aged, wealthy Charlotte Hollis has lived as a recluse in the crumbling family plantation mansion in Hollisport, Louisiana since her father Sam Hollis' death thirty-six years ago.
When the Louisiana Highway Commission decides to build a road through her property, Charlotte Hollis threatens the workmen with a shotgun. Thirty-seven years earlier Charlotte's married lover, John Mayhew, was murdered; and though the killer was never discovered, the local townspeople are convinced of Charlotte's guilt.
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Now, in 1964, Charlotte is an old recluse and must fight to keep her home. She enlists the help of her cousin Velma (Olivia de Havilland), who was there at the time of the murder.
- (28)
- Horror
Charlotte Hollis, an aging recluse deluded into a state of dementia by horrible memories and hallucinations, lives in a secluded house where, thirty-seven years before, John Mayhew her married lover, was beheaded and mutilated by an unknown assailant. 2,779 IMDb 7.5 2 h 12 min 1965. X-Ray 13+.
