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This early Cary Grant melodrama concerns a streetwise young mother who is declared unfit to care for her seven year old son. At this point, Grant and his wife step into the picture and become the young boy's guardians. Determined to win back her child, she seduces Grant, but miraculously her plan backfires.

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UPC0024543102588

eBay Product ID (ePID)6477474

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ActorCary Grant, Loretta Young

RatingNR

Movie/TV TitleBorn to Be Bad

DirectorLowell Sherman

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Leading RoleCary Grant, Loretta Young

Release Date20040106

Film CountryUSA

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by larry41
02 Dec, 2020
A young Loretta, young Cary, pre-code - who could ask for more? A sexy shocker!
Loretta Young, who became known almost exclusively for playing sweet, wholesome roles, is kind of a shocker in this romantic drama as Letty Strong, an unwed mother who survives by living life as a grifter and the next thing to a prostitute -- all for the good of her son Mickey (Jackie Kelk), who, not yet 10 years old, is turning into a street hustler every bit as devious and untrustworthy as she is. Then, one day, he's skating on the street and gets hit by a milk truck, which happens to be driven by Malcolm Trevor (Cary Grant), the owner of the dairy, who was spot-checking his operation. Letty and Mickey try to take Malcolm for a hefty sum in court until their case is blown out of the water, but Malcolm also finds himself appalled by the kind of life that Letty is setting up for the boy. He gets her to agree to let Mickey move in with him and his wife Alice ($Marion Burns), at their estate outside the city. And after some extremely rough patches, Mickey begins to see that there's more to being a boy -- or becoming a man -- than what you can steal or cheat off the next guy. But Letty isn't about to let her son get away that easily, or let Malcolm get away with taking him from her, even if he is right. She tries to wreck Malcolm's home and marriage, all to get her son back and take revenge on him in the process.
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by reno-sparks
24 Oct, 2015
great old movie
From a time when talking movies had just begun, this is a really good movie. Not the best directing but for sure a movie you should see. Loretta Young is a questionable young woman raising a son in the city and letting him run wild.
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by ma.stlyn.fxuiya6
21 Jul, 2019
Born to be Bad
Young Cary Grant, great old movie, good deal!
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