Scarlet Angel

Scarlet Angel
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
associate
Ross Hunter
Screenplay by Oscar Brodney
Story by Oscar Brodney
Starring Yvonne de Carlo
Rock Hudson
Cinematography Russell Metty
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1952 (1952-06-15) (Los Angeles)
  • June 20, 1952 (1952-06-20) (New York City)
Running time
 81 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.5 million (US rentals)[1]

Scarlet Angel is a 1952 Technicolor adventure film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Yvonne de Carlo and Rock Hudson.[2]

Plot

New Orleans, 1865: In a disreputable saloon, the Scarlet Angel, sea captain Frank Truscott observes as scheming, gold-digging saloon girl Roxy McClanahan steals one of the customer's wallet and then sets her sights on him.

Discovering a sick woman with a baby, Roxy volunteers to spend the night. She comes up with an idea after the mother dies, stealing her identity and heading to San Francisco to find the woman's wealthy relatives, hoping to bring the baby back and receive an award. The dead woman's cousins are there, Susan Bradley not trusting Roxy while brother Malcolm Bradley develops both a romantic and economic interest in her.

Roxy plays a pair of suitors against each other until Frank suddenly returns to complicate her ambitions and to demand the money she stole. She becomes pressured to reveal her true identity and the child's. By the time she does, Roxy and Frank find themselves back in another saloon, bickering and fighting.

Cast

Production

The film was based on an original screenplay by Oscar Brodney. Yvonne de Carlo agreed to make it under a new contract she had signed with Universal to make one film a year. Filming began in November 1951.[3] Rock Hudson was cast opposite her and received his first star billing for the role.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. ↑ Yvonne de Carlo in Technicolor Feature H. H. T. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 21 June 1952: 12.
  3. ↑ MARTIN AND LEWIS IN MOVIE COMEDY: Zany Due to Enact Night Club Team Turned Paratroopers in Paramount 'Jumping Jacks' Life of Patton" a Possibility Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]01 Nov 1951: 35.
  4. ↑ Drama: Faith Domergue Set for Lead With Murphy Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]07 Nov 1951: B6.
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