The Goddess (1958)

Directors

John Cromwell

Cast

Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Patty Duke, Bert Freed, Joan Copeland, Betty Lou Holland, Steven Hill, Gerald Hiken, Elizabeth Wilson

The story

Emily Ann Faulkner is born into poverty in the South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother, Laureen, who does not want to be tied down by a child. As a teenager, Emily is socially ostracized by the local townspeople, except for the boys who are attracted to her good looks and sexual availability. Emily lets them have sex with her to have some brief respite from her loneliness; the rest of the time, she retreats into Hollywood fantasies.

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