• 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 44m
Ruthless

Summary A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder. View more details

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 44m

Ruthless

Directed : Edgar G. Ulmer

Written : Gordon Kahn S.K. Lauren Dayton Stoddart

Stars : Sydney Greenstreet Diana Lynn Zachary Scott Louis Hayward

All cast & crew

6.8

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Genres : Drama Romance Film-Noir

Release date : Oct 26, 1948

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Production companies : Arthur S. Lyons Productions

Summary A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Romance Film-Noir

Release date : Oct 26, 1948

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Production companies : Arthur S. Lyons Productions

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Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Robert J. Anderson, Joyce Arling, and Edith Barrett in Ruthless (1948) Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Diana Lynn and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Diana Lynn and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Louis Hayward and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Sydney Greenstreet and Lucille Bremer in Ruthless (1948) Diana Lynn in Ruthless (1948) Martha Vickers in Ruthless (1948) Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Louis Hayward and Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948) Zachary Scott in Ruthless (1948)

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