Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in Duel in the Sun as the titular heroine of Ruby Gentry.
Ruby Gentry
So dangerous...destructive...deadly to love!
1952 · 1h 22m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
King Vidor
Overview
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
Director and cast
- King Vidor Director
- Jennifer Jones as Ruby Gentry
- Charlton Heston as Boake Tackman
- Karl Malden as Jim Gentry
- Tom Tully as Jud Corey
- James Anderson as Lucien/Jewel Corey
- Josephine Hutchinson as Letitia Gentry
- Phyllis Avery as Therese/Tracy McAuliffe
- Herbert Heyes as le juge Tackman
- Myra Marsh as Ma Corey
- Charles Cane as Charlie/Cullen McAuliffe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Not entirely successful, but well worth seeing.
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