Imitation of Life (1959)

Drama, General Film

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writer(s): Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott

Starring: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, Dan O’Herlihy, Juanita Moore, Karin Dicker, Terry Burnham, John Vivyan, Lee Goodman, Ann Robinson, Troy Donahue, Sandra Gould, David Tomack, Joel Fluellen, Jack Weston, Billy House, Maida Severn, Than Wyenn, Peg Shirley, Mahalia Jackson, Frank Baker, Alex Ball, George Barrows, Chuckie Bradley, Paul Bradley, Chet Brandenburg, Teddy Buckner, George Calliga, Steve Carruthers, Richard Collier, Paul Cristo, Joe Darensbourg, Robert Darin, Mike De Lay, Elinor Donahue, Adolf Eichmann, Cicely Evans, Myrna Fahey, Bess Flowers, George Ford, Paul Gustine, Tedd Hadfield, Shep Houghton, Lynne Hunter, Nelson Leigh, Paul Levitt, Leota Lorraine, John Marlowe, John McNamara, Joseph Mell, Forbes Murray, Eddie Parker, Waclaw Rekwart, Cosmo Sardo, Jeffrey Sayre, Eddie Smith, Cap Somers, Norman Stevans, Ted Thorpe, Jeanne Westmore, Napoleon Whiting

Synopsis: A struggling young actress with a six year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white.

Release Date: April 30, 1959 (USA) | Length: 125 min | Genre: Drama | MPAA Rating: NR