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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962États-Unis134 min
The film

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and featuring Victor Buono in his major film debut. The screenplay, adapted by Lukas Heller from the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell, follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, also a former film star, in a dilapidated Hollywood mansion. The film was shot in Los Angeles in the summer of 1962 on a budget of approximately $1 million. The production was noted for rumors of on-set feuds between Davis and Crawford, though the actresses would later deny this. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? premiered in Cincinnati October 31, 1962, and

DirectorRobert Aldrich
Genresdrame · psycho-biddy · horreur psychologique · thriller psychologique
CountryÉtats-Unis
Runtime134 min
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Record source: The Film world cinema index

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