Bernard and Doris
20066.1movie
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.
Six years later, Doris is dead and Bernard, out of rehab, controls her billion-dollar estate. Was it murder? So went the rumor, but the charges didn’t stick. The deft script by Hugh Costello cheerfully admits, “Some of the following is…
HBO's film on Doris Duke is extravagant in its detail and economic in its sentiment. ... The film portrays Doris Duke as a woman who apparently hated to be exploited but reveled in being used. One of her favorite sexual fantasies, Doris…
The opening scene of Bob Balaban’s film about the odd bond between billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) and her butler Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes) raises hopes for a dark ...
