"What Was Harriet Craig's Lie?"
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
Social & External
The people behind it
Joan Crawford
Harriet Craig
Wendell Corey
Walter Craig
Lucile Watson
Celia Fenwick
Allyn Joslyn
Billy Birkmire
William Bishop
Wes Miller
K.T. Stevens
Clare Raymond
Viola Roache
Mrs. Harold
Raymond Greenleaf
Henry Fenwick
Ellen Corby
Lottie
Virginia Brissac
Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
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