
This Property Is Condemned(1966)
Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.


“So dangerous...destructive...deadly to love!”
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Jennifer Jones
Ruby Gentry

Charlton Heston
Boake Tackman

Karl Malden
Jim Gentry

Tom Tully
Jud Corey

James Anderson
Lucien/Jewel Corey

Josephine Hutchinson
Letitia Gentry

Phyllis Avery
Therese/Tracy McAuliffe

Herbert Heyes
le juge Tackman
Myra Marsh
Ma Corey

Charles Cane
Charlie/Cullen McAuliffe
Ruby Gentry is a drama, romance film released in 1952 exploring themes of class, swamp, revenge, debt, accident. Directed by King Vidor, it stars Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden. A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
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