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Mood:
- CleverTense
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsParents and ChildrenSiblings RelationsMurderCrimesDishonestyCouplesFamily Relations more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Talky
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Little Foxes, 1941
English
USA
Profile of The Little Foxes
The mood of The Little Foxes is clever and tense. The plot centers around sibling relations, couples relations, and murder. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, The Little Foxes is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Little Foxes happens in the 19th century. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Little Foxes
Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis) and her scheming brothers, Oscar (Carl Benton Reid) and Ben (Charles Dingle), plan to get rich from a cotton mill, but first they must tap into the wealth of Regina's sickly husband, Horace Giddens (Herbert Marshall). The trio attempts to marry Regina's daughter Alexandra (Teresa Wright) to Oscar's son Leo (Dan Duryea). When that plan fails, their schemes devolve into theft and blackmail, driving an irreparable wedge between family members.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 August 1941 |
| Runtime: | 115 min |
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as Regina Giddens
as Horace Giddens
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