The Proud and the Beautiful

1953 | 103 minutes | 6.6 ★ (24)

The Proud and the Beautiful
  • Overview

    The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.

  • Release Date

    25 November 1953

  • DirectingYves Allégret
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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