All About Eve

All About Eve

139 mins | Drama | Nov. 9, 1950

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

All About Eve

139 mins | Drama | Nov. 9, 1950

All About Eve
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title All About Eve
Directors Hal Klein, Gaston Glass, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers Mary Orr, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Bette Davis

as Margo Channing

Anne Baxter

as Eve Harrington

George Sanders

as Addison DeWitt

Celeste Holm

as Karen Richards

Gary Merrill

as Bill Sampson

Hugh Marlowe

as Lloyd Richards

Thelma Ritter

as Birdie Coonan

Gregory Ratoff

as Max Fabian

Marilyn Monroe

as Miss Caswell

Barbara Bates

as Phoebe

Walter Hampden

as Aged Actor (uncredited)

Randy Stuart

as Girl (uncredited)

Craig Hill

as Leading Man (uncredited)

Leland Harris

as Doorman (uncredited)

Barbara White

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Eddie Fisher

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

William Pullen

as Clerk (uncredited)

Claude Stroud

as Pianist (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as Frenchman (uncredited)

Helen Mowery

as Reporter (uncredited)

Steven Geray

as Captain of Waiters (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as Waiter (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Jack Deery

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

William Marion

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Waiter (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

as Waiter (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Stanley Orr

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Marion Pierce

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Paul Power

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Ann Robinson

as Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

as Waiter (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Robert Whitney

as Actor in "Hearts of Oak" (uncredited)