---
title: 'Born to Be Bad (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Ray'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/born-to-be-bad-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042275/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Born to Be Bad (1950)

1950 · 94 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Born to Be Bad is a 1950 American film noir melodrama directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan and Zachary Scott. It is based on the bestselling 1928 novel All Kneeling by Anne Parrish.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Schnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-schnee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Producer:** [Robert Sparks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-sparks)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)
- **Editor:** [Frederic Knudtson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-knudtson)

## Cast

- [Joan Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-fontaine)
- [Harold Vermilyea](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-vermilyea)
- [Zachary Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-scott)
- [Joan Leslie](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-leslie)
- [Mel Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-ferrer)
- [Don Dillaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-dillaway)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Kathleen Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-howard)
- [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon)
- [Robert Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ryan)

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