Drama

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

- All women take to men who have the appearance of wickedness

A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

Release Date : 1947-04-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsDavid L. Loew Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Georges Duroy

Original Name : George Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clotilde de Marelle

Original Name : Angela Lansbury

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madeleine Forestier

Original Name : Ann Dvorak

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charles Forestier

Original Name : John Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzanne Walter

Original Name : Susan Douglas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Monsieur Walter

Original Name : Hugo Haas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laroche-Mathieu

Original Name : Warren William

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie de Varenne

Original Name : Frances Dee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jacques Rival

Original Name : Albert Bassermann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rachel Michot

Original Name : Marie Wilson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madame Walter

Original Name : Katherine Emery

Gender : Female

Character Name : Philippe de Cantel

Original Name : Richard Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul de Cazolles

Original Name : John Good

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : David Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leonard Mudie

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Karolyn Grimes

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean Del Val

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Olaf Hytten

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Betty Fairfax

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Larry Steers

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gloria Grafton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Wyndham Standing

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Deery

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georges' Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Rudy Germane

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Stuart Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William H. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alexander Pollard

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jeffrey Sayre

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Philip Sleeman

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Count Stefenelli

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Trowbridge

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-03

George Sanders was always great as the cad, and rarely better than here. He is the seriously ambitious "Duroy" who decides that he can use woman as stepping stones to social acceptability. He's broke and jobless, but luckily encounters his war-time buddy "Forestiere" (John Carradine) who gets him job at a newspaper. Networking opportunities beckon. Initially, it's bar-fly "Rachel" (Rachel Wilson) who keeps him entertained, then he alights on the slightly more sophisticated "Clotilde" (Angela Lansbury) whom he has a genuine soft spot for, but she isn't going to get him anywhere near far enough up the greasy pole. For that he needs "Madeleine" (Ann Dvorak) and she not only opens an whole new social world, one that gets his mind set on a bit of malevolent manipulation and you just know that sooner or later his chickens are going to come home to roost. His unstinting ability too think only of himself is really quite entertainingly nauseous and somehow Sanders manages to encapsulate that selfishness and venality really quite smug and chillingly. There's the odd splash of colour in here, too, and with the ladies delivering strongly throughout - especially Lansbury but also Wilson too, this is a smartly written observation of dastardly deeds.