Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach

She was TOO HUNGRY FOR LOVE... to care where she found it!

1955•1h 37m•5.7/10

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5.7/10(34)

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.

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Production

Universal International Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Lynn Markham

Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler

Drummond Hall

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Amy Rawlinson

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Osbert Sorenson

Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Eloise Crandall

Charles Drake

Charles Drake

Police Lieutenant Galley

Natalie Schafer

Natalie Schafer

Queenie Sorenson

Stuart Randall

Stuart Randall

Frankovitch

Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Murchison

Nan Boardman

Nan Boardman

Mrs. Gomez (Uncredited)

Ed Fury

Ed Fury

Roddy (Uncredited)

Helene Heigh

Helene Heigh

Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

James Hyland

Cop (Uncredited)

Judy Pine

Woman at Beach (Uncredited)

Jack Reitzen

Jack Reitzen

Boat Attendant (Uncredited)

Romo Vincent

Romo Vincent

Pete Gomez (Uncredited)

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