Woman's World
“The Worldy Story of Three Deadly Females and the Men in Their Lives!”
Jean NegulescoCast
Van Heflin 
Lauren Bacall 
Cornel Wilde 
Clifton Webb 
June Allyson 
Fred MacMurray
Credits
Written by: Claude Binyon
Plot
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and…
Sinekatalog’s take
A car boss auditions three couples to pick a manager, judging the wives as much as the men. This Technicolor comedy-drama is glossy and a touch patronising. A fascinating period glimpse of corporate gender attitudes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (1,651 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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