The Women

The Women

It's all about men!

1939•2h 13m•7.1/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(173)

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Mary Haines

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Crystal Allen

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Sylvia Fowler

Mary Boland

Mary Boland

The Countess De Lave

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Miriam Aarons

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Peggy Day

Lucile Watson

Lucile Watson

Mrs. Morehead

Phyllis Povah

Phyllis Povah

Edith Potter

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

Little Mary

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Lucy

Virginia Grey

Virginia Grey

Pat

Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey

Miss Wattson

Muriel Hutchison

Muriel Hutchison

Jane

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Dolly Dupuyster

Florence Nash

Florence Nash

Nancy Blake

Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon

Mrs. Van Adams

Ann Morriss

Ann Morriss

Exercise Instructress

Dennie Moore

Dennie Moore

Olga

Mary Cecil

Maggie

Mary Beth Hughes

Mary Beth Hughes

Miss Trimmerback

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