
A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, she is represe... (Full plot summary below)
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A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, she is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who is a public defender. Hoping to continue to protect her son, she refuses to give her real name and is known to the court as the defendant, "Madame X.
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| City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulRob NelsonCompleted the same year as the star's first face-lift, Madame X viciously spans two dozen years, inspiring one gossip columnist of the time to joke that Constance Bennett looked younger without makeup than Turner did with it. |
| User ReviewLaura BMadame X, killin people cause she's madame x, drinkin absinthe cause she's madame x, fallin in a snowbank cause she's madame x... |
| User ReviewLinda MThis is the best version to see. Really pulls at your heart strings. |
| User ReviewPhil BGreat, even better was that I was played by Ricardo Montalban |
| User ReviewAudrey-Kim HSuch a heartbreaker! If you are a mother with a son you'll cry your eyes out. |
| User ReviewMyles LGreat Movie still gets to me everytime I see it |
| User ReviewMark TSo brilliant- I did guess the plot but loved every minute of it. Definitley my number ONE |
| User ReviewPetrina MI cry and cry and cry anytime I watch this film. It is so sad. |
| User ReviewPrivate ULana Turner does it again!!! Excellent movie!!!A must see...how lost of love caused her to kill not only someone else but her soul! |
| User Reviewchris cGreat movie about a wealthy wife of high society. When her husband is away on business for months at a time she spent time with a well known bachelor. Once the husband returns and plans to , she goes to break it off with the him and that's were everything goes wrong. they argue and she tries to leave, when he falls down the stairs and dies. The wicked mother in law finds out and blackmails her to leave and fake her death. The rest of the movie follows the sorrowful years of her life until.... Great performances, but disappointing ending. |