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Daisy Kenyon

1947 · 99 min

A restrained, adult melodrama that feels emotionally honest, with quiet tension and a bittersweet romantic ache.

Directed by
Otto Preminger
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda
Tagline
These Three Together... IN A LOVE ONLY TWO CAN SHARE!
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.

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Directed by
Otto Preminger
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
David Hertz
Starring
Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy
Music
David Raksin
Cinematography
Leon Shamroy
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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