Madame X (1981 film)

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Madame X
GenreDrama
Based on Madame X
1908 play
by Alexandre Bisson
Written by Edward Anhalt
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Starring Tuesday Weld
Jeremy Brett
Len Cariou
Eleanor Parker
Music by Angela Morley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersPaula Levenback
Wendy Riche
CinematographyWoody Omens
EditorSkip Lusk
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesLevenback-Riche Productions
Universal Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMarch 16, 1981 (1981-03-16)

Madame X is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Tuesday Weld. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912). [1]

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This film, one among many screen versions of the play, was "penned by Edward Anhalt working fro Jean Hollway's '66 screenplay." [2]

The film was first broadcast on NBC on March 16, 1981. [3]

Plot

A woman is thrown out of her home by her mother-in-law and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her daughter (it was her son in all other versions), who does not know who she is.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Grant, John (September 21, 2023). A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-8165-3.
  2. ↑ Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6378-1.
  3. ↑ McClelland, Doug (2003). Eleanor Parker: Woman of a Thousand Faces. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-0-8108-4836-8.

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