The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Movie Review 1947

"This is the story of a scoundrel," proclaims the opening. Sanders is ideally cast as a suave cad who rises in 1880s Parisian society, largely through the strategic seduction of prominent women. Moralistically minded Old Hollywood toned down the talky adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant novel, but it's still drama of a high order.

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Available on VHS
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Guy de Maupassant, Paris

Screenplay

Albert Lewin

Cast

George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, John Carradine, Susan Douglas, Hugo Haas, Marie Wilson, Albert Bassermann, Warren William, Katherine Emery, Richard Fraser

Director

Albert Lewin

Producer

United Artists