The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle is a 1956 CinemaScope American drama film based on the novel written by Georges Simenon during his stay in Nogales, Arizona. The novel was adapted for film by Sydney Boehm and directed by Henry Hathaway.
Donald has escaped and wants his brother to help him across the Santa Cruz River into the Mexicoside Nogales, where his wife Shawn Smith and children Kim Charney and Sandy Descher are in dire straits. The straits get even more dire when P.M. tells him the river is flooded and it will be days before anyone can cross.P.M. is all atwitter because his wife Nora Ruth Roman, whom he married after Donald had gone to prison, doesnt know about his jailbird brother. He introduces Donald to Nora and the rest of his Cadillac Cowboy and ranch society friends as an old friend, Eric Bell, and is kept busy trying to make sure Donald doesnt find anything harder than ginger ale to drink. ........
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