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01/04/1956 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 35m
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Another Dramatic Hit From Academy Award Director Michal Curtiz !

Overview

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

  1. Michael Curtiz

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Carol Ohmart

    Pauline 'Paulie' Nevins

  2. Tom Tryon

    E.V. 'Marsh' Marshall

  3. Jody Lawrance

    Kathy Stevens

  4. James Gregory

    Ralph Nevins

  5. Elaine Stritch

    Phyllis Rycker

  6. E.G. Marshall

    Lt. Jennings

  7. Edward Binns

    Sgt. Allen

  8. David Lewis

    Dr. Sam Lynbury

  9. Billy Gray

    Tom Rycker

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-06-30
The Kiss Off.

The Scarlet Hour is directed by Micahel Curtiz and written by Rip Van Ronkel, Frank Tashlin and John Lucas. It stars Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, E.G. Marshall, Elaine Stritch, Jody Lawrance and James Gregory. Music is by Leith Stevens and cinematography by Lionel Lindon.

It has been a hard to locate film noir for may a year, which when you consider it's directed by such a titan of classic cinema comes as a surprise. The plot dynamics are very familiar to noir fans, and coming as it does late in the original film noir wave it does lack a bit of freshness, but there's little dev...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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