The Women
162 reviews
Comedy/Drama
2h 13m
1939
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
- DirectorGeorge Cukor
- Release1 September 1939
- Genre
- Duration2h 13m
- Budget$1,688,000
- Revenue$2,270,000
- Rate162 reviews
- Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast

Norma Shearer
Mary Haines

Joan Crawford
Crystal Allen

Rosalind Russell
Sylvia Fowler

Mary Boland
The Countess De Lave

Paulette Goddard
Miriam Aarons

Joan Fontaine
Peggy Day

Lucile Watson
Mrs. Morehead

Phyllis Povah
Edith Potter

Virginia Weidler
Little Mary

Marjorie Main
Lucy

Virginia Grey
Pat

Ruth Hussey
Miss Wattson

Muriel Hutchison
Jane

Hedda Hopper
Dolly Dupuyster

Florence Nash
Nancy Blake

Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Van Adams

Ann Morriss
Exercise Instructress

Dennie Moore
Olga

Mary Beth Hughes
Miss Trimmerback

Dorothy Adams
Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

Barbara Jo Allen
Receptionist (uncredited)

Judith Allen
Corset Model (uncredited)

Mary Anderson
Young Girl (uncredited)

Dorothy Appleby
Treatment Girl (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor
Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)

Bunny Beatty
Debutante in Powder Room (uncredited)

May Beatty
Fat Woman / Society Woman (uncredited)

Joan Blair
Miss Atkins (uncredited)

Gladys Blake
Miss St. Claire (uncredited)

Marie Blake
Stockroom Girl (uncredited)

Betty Blythe
Mrs. South (uncredited)

May Boley
Mud Mask (uncredited)

Lilian Bond
Mrs. Erskine (uncredited)

Aileen Carlyle
Miss Hicks (uncredited)

Lucia Carroll
Treatment Girl (uncredited)

Shirley Chambers
Girl in a Bath (uncredited)

Lita Chevret
Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)

Dora Clement
Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)

Mildred Coles
Debutante (uncredited)

Nell Craig
Nurse (uncredited)

Esther Dale
Ingrid (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre
Hairdresser #2 (uncredited)

Dot Farley
Large Woman (uncredited)

Flora Finch
Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)

Ruth Findlay
Pedicurist (uncredited)

June Gittelson
Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)

Rita Gould
Dietician (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton
Dowager in Powder Room (uncredited)

Sibyl Harris
Fashion Show Commentator (uncredited)

Theresa Harris
Olive (uncredited)

Winifred Harris
Mrs. North / Society Woman (uncredited)

Grace Hayle
Cyclist (uncredited)

Virginia Howell
Receptionist (uncredited)

Carol Hughes
Salesgirl at Modiste Salon (uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren
Princess Mara (uncredited)

Lenita Lane
Mrs. Spencer's Friend (uncredited)

Priscilla Lawson
Hairdresser #1 (uncredited)

Leni Lynn
Edith's Oldest Daughter (uncredited)

Butterfly McQueen
Lulu (uncredited)

Greta Meyer
Masseuse (uncredited)

Helene Millard
Cosmetic Saleswoman (uncredited)

Natalie Moorhead
Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien
Euphie (uncredited)

Blanche Payson
Masseuse (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper
Tough Girl (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle
Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)

Catherine Proctor
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)

Isabel Randolph
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)

Renie Riano
Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited)

Jo Ann Sayers
Debutante (uncredited)

Dorothy Sebastian
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)

Peggy Shannon
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Mildred Shay
Crystal's French Maid Helen (uncredited)

Florence Shirley
Miss Archer (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland
Glamour Girl (uncredited)

Terry
Fighting Dog at Beauty Shop (uncredited)

Beryl Wallace
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood
Sadie the Old Maid in Powder Room (uncredited)

Charlotte Wynters
Miss Batchelor (uncredited)

Mary Young
Grandma (uncredited)
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