STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12A

Cast Bette Davis Anne Baxter

Directors Joseph L Mankiewicz

Screenwriters

Running Time 138 minutes

All About Eve (12A)

Plot
Trading on the vanity and insecurity of ageing actress Margo Channing, Eve Harrington becomes her indispensable confidante in an attempt to launch her own bid for Broadway immortality

Verdict
Forget Foreman vs. Ali, this is Baxter vs. Davis in one of Hollywood's greatest showdowns.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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