Female on the Beach (1955)

5.7/10 97 min Drama Crime Thriller Romance Mystery

Overview

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.

Cast

Joan Crawford

Lynn Markham

Jeff Chandler

Drummond Hall

Jan Sterling

Amy Rawlinson

Cecil Kellaway

Osbert Sorenson

Judith Evelyn

Eloise Crandall

Charles Drake

Police Lieutenant Galley

Natalie Schafer

Queenie Sorenson

Stuart Randall

Frankovitch

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Murchison

Nan Boardman

Mrs. Gomez (Uncredited)

Ed Fury

Roddy (Uncredited)

Helene Heigh

Cleaning Woman (Uncredited)

Jack Reitzen

Boat Attendant (Uncredited)

Romo Vincent

Pete Gomez (Uncredited)

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