this be one of joan crawford last glamour queen movie role and before she start do horror film and tv and and this part itself be transitional and a she play a legendary beauty and pathological in her manipulation of the people around her . despite the huge 1950s eyebrow that could be see on joan and audrey hepburn and kim novak and and others during this period and and the weird heart shape hairdo and joan remain both a beauty and a really compelling and totally invested actress . this be after joan do possessed and prove she could both underplay and play full tilt . here she play a woman so deeply dishonest that she be unconvincing in every emotion we do not even know if she believe any of this herself . the real stand out performance of this film be barry sullivan a joan physically and emotionally scarred husband . he be completely believable in a roller coaster role . the prototype of the sexy damage man . the film itself be average and the script be soap opera predictable and and the big mystery ( how he get scar ) be never reveal and only hint at . despite joan title character and her entrance making jean louis wardrobe and this really be an ensemble piece and and everyone do a good solid job in this southern gothic potboiler . the town and country set of this film feel both ostentatiously grand and a little too cramped and small and and that be a good way of describe the whole thing .