Madame Bovary

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Madame Bovary

"Whatever it is that French women have ... Madame Bovary had more of it!"

1949

1h 46m

6.8(52 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

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Cast & Crew

27 members

Acting

Jennifer Jones

Emma Bovary

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James Mason

Gustave Flaubert

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Van Heflin

Charles Bovary

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Louis Jourdan

Rodolphe Boulanger

Directing

Alf Kjellin

Leon Dupuis

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Gene Lockhart

J. Homais

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Frank Allenby

Lheureux

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Gladys Cooper

Madame Dupuis

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John Abbott

Mayor Tuvache

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Harry Morgan

Hyppolite

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George Zucco

Dubocage

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Ellen Corby

Félicité

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Eduard Franz

Rouault

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Henri Letondal

Guillaumin

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Esther Somers

Madame Lefrançois

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Paul Cavanagh

Marquis D'Andervilliers

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Frederic Tozere

Pinard

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Larry Sims

Justin

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Dawn Kinney

Berthe

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Vernon Steele

Priest

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Edith Evanson

Mother Superior (uncredited)

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Paul Bryar

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Edward Keane

Presiding Judge (uncredited)

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George Davis

Innkeeper (uncredited)

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Florence Auer

Mme. Petree (uncredited)

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Karl Johnson

Drunken Guest (uncredited)

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Sailor Vincent

Guest (uncredited)

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