Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1950

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Born to Be Bad

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1950

Born to Be Bad
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Born to Be Bad
Directors Mercy Weireter, Fred Fleck, Nicholas Ray
Writers Edith R. Sommer, Anne Parrish, Charles Schnee

Cast

Joan Fontaine

as Christabel Caine Carey

Robert Ryan

as Nick Bradley

Zachary Scott

as Curtis Carey

Joan Leslie

as Donna Foster

Mel Ferrer

as Gabriel 'Gobby' Broome

Harold Vermilyea

as John Caine

Virginia Farmer

as Aunt Clara Caine

Kathleen Howard

as Mrs. Bolton

Dick Ryan

as Arthur, Curtis' Butler

Bess Flowers

as Mrs. Worthington

Joy Hallward

as Mrs. Porter

Hazel Boyne

as Committee Woman

Irving Bacon

as Jewelry Salesman

Frank Arnold

as Man at Art Gallery (Uncredited)

Edward Biby

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Morgan Brown

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Ann Burr

as Schoolgirl (Uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

James Conaty

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Oliver Cross

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Helen Crozier

as Ann (Uncredited)

Homer Dickenson

as Art Gallery Attendant (Uncredited)

Don Dillaway

as Photographer (Uncredited)

Herbert Evans

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

George Ford

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Dick Gordon

as Nathan (Uncredited)

Herschel Graham

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Avery Graves

as Curtis' Friend (Uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

as Workman (Uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

as Kenneth (Uncredited)

Peggy Leon

as Caine's Secretary (Uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

John Mitchum

as Guest (Uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

as Bartender at Charity Ball (Uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)

Evelyn Underwood

as Guest (Uncredited)

Georgiana Wulff

as Schoolgirl (Uncredited)

Barry Brooks

as Man (Uncredited)

Stuart Hall

as Mr. Detweiller (Uncredited)

Ray Johnson

as Guest (Uncredited)

Max Linder

as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Tim Taylor

as Messenger Boy (Uncredited)