Playgirl (film)
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| Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Screenplay by | Robert Blees |
| Story by | Ray Buffum |
| Starring | Shelley Winters Barry Sullivan Colleen Miller |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
| Edited by | Virgil W. Vogel |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Playgirl is a 1954 American film noir directed by Joseph Pevney starring Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan and Colleen Miller.[1]
Plot
A beautiful girl from the sticks finds success and grave peril in the big city.
Cast
- Shelley Winters as Fran Davis
- Barry Sullivan as Mike Marsh
- Colleen Miller as Phyllis Matthews / Miller
- Gregg Palmer as Tom Bradley
- Kent Taylor as Ted Andrews
- Richard Long as Barron Courtney III
- Jacqueline deWit as Greta Marsh
- Dave Barry as Jonathan Hughes, Photographer
- Philip Van Zandt as Lew Martel
- James McCallion as Paul
- Paul Richards as Wilbur
- Myrna Hansen as Linda
- Mara Corday as Pam
- Don Avalier as Pancho
- Carl Sklover as Cab Driver
Reception
Critical response
The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, "Playgirl, at the Mayfair, is a routine, unconvincing case history about some of New York's plushier pitfalls. Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan and a newcomer named Colleen Miller head the cast of this Universal-International drama that for all its pretensions of sophisticated insight seems as old and familiar as the very hills ... Inspired performances could hardly be expected from such contrived material, although the Blees scenario provides a smattering of pungent dialogue and one fine, ugly encounter between a sadistic restaurateur and a society weakling."[2]
References
- ↑ Playgirl at the American Film Institute Catalog.
- ↑ The New York Times. Film review, May 15, 1954. Accessed: July 25, 2013.
