Ruby Gentry (1952)

★ 6.3 1h 22m IMDb

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Ruby Gentry

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Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones as Ruby Gentry Died 2009 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylis Lee Isley (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), better known by her stage name Jennifer Jones, was an American actress. A five-time Academy Award nominee,...
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston as Boake Tackman Died 2008 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, in Illinois, he discove...
Karl Malden
Karl Malden as Jim Gentry Died 2009 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Секуловић; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an Serbian-American actor. He was primarily a character actor who for more than 60 ye...
Tom Tully
Tom Tully as Jud Corey Died 1982 · Durango, Colorado, USA Tom Tully (August 21, 1908 – April 27, 1982) was an American actor..
James Anderson
James Anderson as Lucien/Jewel Corey Died 1969 · Wetumpka, Alabama, USA James Ottie Anderson, Jr. (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role...
Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson as Letitia Gentry Died 1998 · Seattle, Washington, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Josephine Hutchinson (October 12, 1903 - June 4, 1998) was an American actress. Hutchinson was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother, Leona Roberts, was an ac...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/10 Nov 13, 2023
Jennifer Jones is quite good as the attractive but actually pretty toxic "Ruby". She comes from the "swamp" end of town but has aspirations to join the middle-class of this North Carolina community. A nasty mishap followed by a chance meeting with the gentle and caring but ailing "Letty" (Josephine Hutchinson) sees her set her first foot on that ladder. She is to stay with the wealthy "Gentry" family and help look after her new benefactress alongside her husband "Jim" (Karl Malden). As she blossoms, she attracts the attention of most, but especially of "Boake" (Charlton Heston). He has dreams, but cannot compete with the now widowed "Jim" who decides to marry her. This is where the snobbery of their two-faced friends rears it's ugly head - feelings that only worsen when a maritime tragedy ensues pitching her against just about everyone in town, even her own hell hath no fury brother "Jewel" (James Anderson). Vengeance may be the lord's, but the now wealthy and powerful "Ruby" has a good go at exacting plenty of it for herself, even on "Boake" - but he may just be one man too many for her revenge? The three atop the bill work well together building quite a solid story that packs quite a lot into eighty minutes of largely sentiment-free drama. I didn't love the ending, but I suppose it's not predictable and was probably the only way this story of rags to rather hollow riches could realistically conclude. Worth a watch, this.

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