In this our Life

1942 • 96 minutes

About this movie

A neurotic girl, Stanley, (Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Bette Davis -- "All About Eve," "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?") dumps her fiancée, steals her sister's husband, rejects him and manipulates her whole family. Stanley's sister soon falls in love with Stanley's former fiancée, Craig, and they plan to wed. Jealous of this, Stanley leads herself to ruin when she tries to place the blame for a hit and run accident on a young black clerk, who works in Craig's law office. Co-starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Olivia de Havilland ("Gone with the Wind," "The Adventures of Robin Hood") and Academy Award-winner Charles Coburn ("Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Lady Eve"). Directed by Academy Award-winner John Huston (The Maltese Falcon," "The African Queen," "Prizzi's Honor").