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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1955-11-07
Languageen
Runtime1h 35m
Production

Columbia Pictures

6.3(38)
•1955•1h 35m

Queen Bee

"She's so excitingly good . . . when she's so wonderfully bad!"

Drama

Overview

A wicked Southern woman ruthlessly manipulates her family.

Writing & Screenplay
Ranald MacDougall
Cinematography
Charles Lang

Principal Cast

14 credited
Joan Crawford
Joan CrawfordEva Phillips
Barry Sullivan
Barry SullivanAvery "Beauty" Phillips
John Ireland
John IrelandJudson Prentiss
Lucy Marlow
Lucy MarlowJennifer Stewart
Betsy Palmer
Betsy PalmerCarol Lee Phillips
William Leslie
William LeslieTy McKinnon
Fay Wray
Fay WraySue McKinnon
Katherine Anderson
Katherine AndersonMiss Breen
Tim Hovey
Tim HoveyTed Phillips
Linda Bennett
Linda BennettTrissa Phillips

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Queen Bee (1955) | Cinelio