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The Little Foxes

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Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis) and her scheming brothers, Oscar (Carl Benton Reid) and Ben (Charles Dingle), plan to get rich from a cotton mill, but first they must tap into the wealth of Regina's sickly husband, Horace Giddens (Herbert Marshall). The trio attempts to marry Regina's daughter Alexandra (Teresa Wright) to Oscar's son Leo (Dan Duryea). When that plan fails, their schemes devolve into theft and blackmail, driving an irreparable wedge between family members.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 29, 2022
8/10
An excellent occasion for Davis to show her chops as a villain. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Mar 2, 2018
Bette Davis could freeze almost anyone with her icy stare, the practiced look of a woman who's learned how to operate in the man's world of business, in director William Wyler's film version of Lillian Hellman's chilly play... Go to Full Review
Neil Cohen Echo Magazine Jul 29, 2007
5/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 30, 2007
A-
When viewed today, the hysterical melodrama seems creaky. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Nov 16, 2006
B+
Significantly (and surprisingly) the nasty tone of Hellman's morality drama about corruption and greed in a Southern clan remained intact, allowing Bette Davis (in a role that Bankhead originated on stage) to shine as the amoral and immoral matriarch Go to Full Review
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sep 16, 2005
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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William Wyler

Director

Bette Davis

Regina Giddens

Herbert Marshall

Horace Giddens

Dan Duryea

Leo Hubbard

Teresa Wright

Alexandra Giddens

Richard Carlson

David Hewitt

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Movie Info

Synopsis Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis) and her scheming brothers, Oscar (Carl Benton Reid) and Ben (Charles Dingle), plan to get rich from a cotton mill, but first they must tap into the wealth of Regina's sickly husband, Horace Giddens (Herbert Marshall). The trio attempts to marry Regina's daughter Alexandra (Teresa Wright) to Oscar's son Leo (Dan Duryea). When that plan fails, their schemes devolve into theft and blackmail, driving an irreparable wedge between family members.
Director
William Wyler
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter
Alan Campbell, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker
Distributor
Embassy Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 21, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 31, 2020
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Mono
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