Female on the Beach (1955)
“She was TOO HUNGRY FOR LOVE... to care where she found it!”
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Joseph Pevney, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Joan Crawford
as Lynn Markham
Jeff Chandler
as Drummond Hall
Jan Sterling
as Amy Rawlinson
Cecil Kellaway
as Osbert Sorenson
Judith Evelyn
as Eloise Crandall
Charles Drake
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Natalie Schafer
as Queenie Sorenson
Stuart Randall
as Frankovitch
Marjorie Bennett
as Mrs. Murchison
Nan Boardman
as Mrs. Gomez (Uncredited)
Ed Fury
as Roddy (Uncredited)
Helene Heigh
as Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)Cinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 97 min |
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