The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
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Two brothers face their personal demons in this crime melodrama. Donald Martin (Van Johnson) is an alcoholic criminal who has escaped from prison and needs help crossing the Mexican border to freedom. Desperate, he arrives at the ranch of his lawyer brother Martin (Joseph Cotten). Martin has little respect for his brother and would prefer his neighbors not know he's housing a fugitive, so he tries to convince people that Donald is actually someone else. Donald is crushed by his brother's shame and rejection, and, after a drinking binge, he decides that he should try to make the journey into Mexico on his own. Martin's wife Nora (Ruth Roman), who has her own issues with Martin, convinces him to put his differences aside and help Donald however he can. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Van Johnson - Donald Martin
- Ruth Roman - Nora Martin
- Maggie Hayes - Lil Breckinridge
- Brad Dexter - Stanley Miller
- Jim Davis - George Cady
- Nancy Gates - Mildred
- Shawn Smith - Woman
- Ernestine Barrier - Lucy Grant
- Sandy Descher - Girl
- Johnny Lee - Jenkins
- Joseph Cotten - Martin
- Jack Carson - Hal Breckinridge
- Bruce Bennett - Brand
- Peggy Knudsen - Ellen Miller
- Margaret Lindsay - Hannah Cady
- Gonzales Gonzales - Luis Romero
- Tod Griffin - Rancher
- Walter Woolf King - Grant
- Kim Charney - Boy
- Henry Morgan
- Director(s):
- Henry Hathaway
- Writer(s):
- Sydney Boehm
- Producer(s):
- Buddy Adler
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