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Directed by | King Vidor |
Written by | Arthur Fitz-Richard Silvia Richards |
Produced by | Joseph Bernhard King Vidor |
Starring | Jennifer Jones Charlton Heston Karl Malden |
Narrated by | Barney Phillips |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
Edited by | Terrell O. Morse |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | Bernhard-Vidor Productions Inc. |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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Running time | 82 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $525,000 (estimated) |
Box office | $1.75 million (US)[1] |
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 film directed by King Vidor, and starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, and Karl Malden. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.[2]
In 1960, the movie and the title character were the inspiration for Roberta Lee Streeter to sing under the name Bobbie Gentry.[3]
Roberta Lee Streeter.