Born to Be Bad (1950 film)

Born to Be Bad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNicholas Ray
Screenplay byEdith Sommer
Charles Schnee (adaptation)
Robert Soderberg (additional dialogue)
George Oppenheimer (additional dialogue)
Based onthe novel All Kneeling
1928 novel
by Anne Parrish
Produced byRobert Sparks
StarringJoan Fontaine
Robert Ryan
Zachary Scott
Joan Leslie
Mel Ferrer
CinematographyNicholas Musuraca
Edited byFrederic Knudtson
Music byFrederick Hollander
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 15, 1950 (1950-07-15) (US)[1]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 features Fontaine as a manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. It is based on the bestselling novel All Kneeling by Anne Parrish (1928).[2]

  1. ^ "Born to Be Bad: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Born to Be Bad at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Accessed: August 6, 2013.