Scarlet Angel
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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 |
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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
- Yvonne de Carlo as Roxy McClannahan
- Rock Hudson as Frank Truscott
- Richard Denning as Malcolm Bradley
- Whitfield Coonor as Norton Wade
- Bodil Miller as Linda Caldwell
- Amanda Blake as Susan Bradley
- Henry O'Neill as Morgan Caldwell
- Henry Brandon as Pierre
- Maude Wallace as Eugenia Caldwell
- Dan Riss as Walter Frisby
- Tol Avery as Phineas Calhoun
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
- ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ↑ Yvonne de Carlo in Technicolor Feature H. H. T. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 21 June 1952: 12.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Drama: Faith Domergue Set for Lead With Murphy Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]07 Nov 1951: B6.
External links
- Scarlet Angel on IMDb
- Scarlet Angel at TCMDB