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Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

"I DON'T BELONG TO ANY MAN"!

19476.61h 39m

Overview

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.

Directed by Otto Preminger
Written by Elizabeth Janeway, David Hertz
Produced by Otto Preminger
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Top Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Daisy Kenyon

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Dan O'Mara

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Peter Lapham

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick

Lucille O'Mara

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Mary Angelus

Peggy Ann Garner

Peggy Ann Garner

Rosamund O'Mara

Connie Marshall

Connie Marshall

Marie O'Mara

Nicholas Joy

Nicholas Joy

Coverly

Art Baker

Art Baker

Lucille's Attorney

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

himself

Themes & Keywords

adulterylove trianglewar veteranartistlawyerlove affairdivorceextramarital affaircape codboatbuilding

About Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon is a drama, romance film released in 1947 exploring themes of adultery, love triangle, war veteran, artist, lawyer, love affair. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda. 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.

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