Jezebel is a 1938 film drama made by Warner Bros that tells the story of a headstrong young Southern woman during the Antebellum period before the American Civil War, and how her actions cost her the love of the man she truly loves. The movie stars Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Richard Cromwell, and Fay Bainter. The film was adapted by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston and Robert Buckner, from the play by Owen Davis, Sr. and directed by William Wyler.