Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Director
Robert Aldrich

Main cast
Bette Davis; Olivia de Havilland; Agnes Moorehead; Joseph Cotten; Cecil Kellaway

Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Description
The arrival of a lost relative, engulfs terror upon an aging southern belle, forever plagued by a horrifying family secret.


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