Preminger was an excellent match for Joan Crawford, who's work I also adore, because he was pretty good, though not great, at the melodrama. This is a fine love triangle, and you root for Henry Fonda, even though every warm-blooded woman would pick Dana Andrews over him in a heartbeat. I found this in my 10-DVD Henry Fonda Collection, and it's a great set well worth purchasing. I'm not a huge fan of his work, but he's definitely done some great films and amassed a fine body of work. Preminger and Crawford are always solid for me, and they certainly don't disappoint in collaborating in this early work of his.
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
Quick Stats
6.6
TMDB Rating
54
Votes
1h 39m
Runtime
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Budget
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Key Crew
DirectorOtto Preminger
WriterElizabeth Janeway
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
ComposerDavid Raksin
EditorLouis R. Loeffler
Production DesignWalter M. Scott
Produced by
20th Century Fox
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1 featuredCast
Joan Crawford
Daisy Kenyon
Dana Andrews
Dan O'Mara
Henry Fonda
Peter Lapham
Ruth Warrick
Lucille O'Mara
Martha Stewart
Mary Angelus
Peggy Ann Garner
Rosamund O'Mara
Connie Marshall
Marie O'Mara
Nicholas Joy
Coverly
Art Baker
Lucille's Attorney
Walter Winchell
himself
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Leonard Lyons
himself
Mae Marsh
Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)
George E. Stone
Waiter (uncredited)
Tito Vuolo
Dino (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
