The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle is a 1956 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson and Ruth Roman. It is based on the novel of the same title written by Georges Simenon during his stay in Nogales, Arizona. The novel was adapted for film by Sydney Boehm and was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Plot
Patrick Martin (Joseph Cotten), known as P.M., is a wealthy attorney and rancher in the border town of Nogales, Arizona. He returns home to find his brother Donald (Van Johnson) hiding in his garage. A former drunkard, Donald had been sent to the penitentiary five years previously for killing a man in a barroom brawl. It was in self-defense but P.M. hadn't defended his brother and he was convicted.
More details
| author | Sydney Boehm |
|---|---|
| director | Henry Hathaway |
| editor | David Bretherton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | barroom brawl border town flood hide kill married mexico old friend river sandy descher santa cruz santa cruz river shawn smith shirley patterson telephone call true identity |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline |
| producer | Buddy Adler |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |