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The Goddess is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cromwell released in USA on 24 june 1958 with Kim Stanley

The Goddess (1958)

The Goddess
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Released in USA 24 june 1958
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.2949853.2949853.2949853.2949853.294985

The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures drama film starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. Others in the cast include Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Patty Duke, and Elizabeth Wilson. It was directed by John Cromwell.

The film is an in-depth character study about the life of a troubled, lonely girl who becomes a movie star, adored by millions but miserable in her private life. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Synopsis

Emily Ann Faulkner (Patty Duke) is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother (Betty Lou Holland), who does not want to be tied down by a child. When Emily Ann becomes a teenager (Kim Stanley) she remains a loner but has a sensual sexuality that attracts boys. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a world-weary GI, John Tower (Steven Hill), for Hollywood.

Actors

Kim Stanley

(Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn))Lloyd Bridges

(Dutch Seymour)Patty Duke

(Emily Ann Faulkner (Child))Steven Hill

(John Tower)Bert Freed

(Lester Brackman)
And :
Joan Copeland
Elizabeth Wilson
Joanne Linville
Joyce Van Patten
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