Harriet Craig

This disturbing, yet sinfully engrossing, third screen adaptation of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Craig's Wife" (previously filmed in 1928 and 1936) is enhanced by hindsight, specifically by contemporary allegations about the real life and personality of the film's star, Joan Crawford (exaggeratedly dramatized in the 1981 cult favorite MOMMIE DEAREST). Crawford was born to play the title character, an insufferably domineering housewife obsessed with controlling the running and maintenance of her luxurious home. Trapped in her shrewish grip is Corey, her hard-working, mild-mannered husband, who slowly comes to realize his wife's true nature. As Crawford's c...