Английская Википедия:Female on the Beach
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox film Female on the Beach is a 1955 American crime-drama film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in a story about a widow and her beach bum lover. The screenplay by Robert Hill and Richard Alan Simmons was based on the play The Besieged Heart by Robert Hill. The film was produced by Albert Zugsmith.[1]
Plot
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Lynn Markham
- Jeff Chandler as Drummond Hall
- Jan Sterling as Amy Rawlinson
- Cecil Kellaway as Osbert Sorenson
- Judith Evelyn as Eloise Crandall
- Charles Drake as Police Lieutenant Galley
- Natalie Schafer as Queenie Sorenson
- Stuart Randall as Frankovitch
- Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Murchison
Production
The script was based on an unproduced play by Bob Hill, The Besieged Heart.[2] Albert Zugsmith bought the rights and worked on the script with Bob Hill. He then sold the project to Universal who were looking for a vehicle for Joan Crawford. The studio also hired Zugsmith to produce, starting a relationship between him and Universal which lasted several years.[3]
Reception
Critical response
A review in Harrison's Reports said that the movie offered "a fairly interesting though somewhat seamy mixture of sex, murder and suspense."[4]
Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a mixed review, writing "Their progress is rendered no more fetching by the inanities of a hackneyed script and the artificiality and pretentiousness of Miss Crawford's acting style. At the end, the guilty party is revealed in a ridiculous way. Jan Sterling, Cecil Kellaway and Natalie Schafer are the supporting players you may remotely suspect."[5]
See also
References
External links
Шаблон:Albert Zugsmith Шаблон:Joseph Pevney
- ↑ Шаблон:IMDb title.
- ↑ BREEN IS RETIRED AS MOVIE CENSOR: At Own Request, Director of Code Leaves Office -- Chief Aide Successor By THOMAS M. PRYOR New York Times 15 Oct 1954: 18.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Harrison's Reports, film review, July 16, 1955. Accessed: August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley, film review The New York Times, August 20, 1955. Accessed: July 4, 2013.
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