The Murder Men | |
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Directed by | John Peyser |
Written by | Mel Goldberg |
Starring | Mark Richman Dorothy Dandridge James Coburn Joe Mantell |
Cinematography | Harold E. Wellman |
Edited by | William B. Gulick John Sheets |
Music by | Jeff Alexander |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Country | United States |
The Murder Men (later presented as an episode of the TV show Cain's Hundred which was called Blues for a Junkman, in 1962)[1] is a 1961 film starring Peter Mark Richman, James Coburn, and Dorothy Dandridge.
Plot
[edit]Norma Sherman, is a night-club singer and addict who, upon being released from jail, attempts to win back the love of her husband.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Mark Richman as Nick Cain
- James Coburn as Arthur Troy
- Dorothy Dandridge as Norma Sherman
- Joe Mantell as Maury Troy
- Ivan Dixon as Joe Sherman
- Ed Asner as Dave Keller
Reviews
[edit]One commentator called Dorothy Dandridge's role in this film "one of (her) most interesting late performances".[2] This was her last film.
References
[edit]- ^ Aberjhani; Sandra L. West (2003). "Dorothy Dandridge". Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Infobase. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9781438130170. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (1999). Captive bodies: postcolonial subjectivity in cinema. SUNY press. p. 184. ISBN 9780791441558. Retrieved February 9, 2011.