What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Based On the book by Henry Farrell

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and featuring Victor Buono in his major film debut. The screenplay, adapted by Lukas Heller from the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell, follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, also a former film star, in a dilapidated Hollywood mansion. The film was shot in Los Angeles in the summer of 1962 on a budget of approximately $1 million.

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Release date:

1962

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Cast:

Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Maidie Norman, Marjorie Bennett

Genre:

Drama, Psychological thriller, Psychological horror fiction, Psycho-biddy

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1962 in adaptations