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Mildred separates from Bert, her unemployed husband, and sets out to support herself and her children. After a difficult search, she finds a job as a waitress, but she worries that it is beneath her middle-class station.
Monte Beragon, the second husband of Mildred Pierce, is murdered. The police tell Mildred her first husband, Bert Pierce, is guilty of the murder, because he owned the gun, had a motive, and does not deny the crime.
When the police reveal the man they believe to be the culprit- Mildred's first husband, Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett), who was the owner of the murder weapon- Mildred proclaims his innocence with emotion.
The case is on ice. You can go now"; off-screen, Mildred's guilty-looking ex-husband Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett) whom she had divorced four years earlier, had confessed to the crime; the gun that committed the murder belonged to Pierce, and he didn't deny killing Beragon.
Unlike nouveau riche Bert who backed into his former wealth through inheritance, Mildred’s second husband Monty comes from old-money. Having never worked, Monty voices frequently scorn for working class people—an attitude he inculcates in his stepdaughter and protégé Veda.
Mar 25, 2009 · Monte Beragon, Mildred Pierce’s second husband, is murdered; five gun shots are heard. Mildred tries to frame Wally for the murder by bringing him into the house, and then escaping About to commit suicide, she is saved by a policeman, and taken to the police station.
after returning home by taxi, Mildred found her distressed 19 year-old daughter Veda Pierce (Ann Blyth) with two trench-coated detectives; she was told the official news: "It's your husband. He's been murdered"
