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Born to Be Bad
Born to Be Bad is a 1950 American film noir melodrama directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan and Zachary Scott. It is based on the bestselling 1928 novel All Kneeling by Anne Parrish.
Plot
Donna Foster works for publisher John Caine. She agrees to have his niece Christabel live with her in San Francisco while Christabel attends business school. Christabel proves to be a scheming, socially ambitious tramp. She flirts with Donna's fiancé, the wealthy Curtis Carey, at a party for Donna's friend, painter Gabriel Broome. She also attracts the interest of aspiring author Nick Bradley.
More details
| author | Charles Schnee |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Nicholas Ray |
| editor | Frederic Knudtson |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | business school buy even love affair marriage proposal nothing prenuptial agreement scheme wed |
| musicBy | Friedrich Hollaender |
| producer | Robert Sparks |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | film noir melodrama |