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Lady of Vengeance

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Lady of Vengeance
Original British quad poster
Directed byBurt Balaban
Written byIrve Tunick
Produced byBurt Balaban
Bernard Donnenfeld
StarringDennis O'Keefe
CinematographyIan D. Struthers
(as Ian Struthers)
Edited byEric Boyd-Perkins
Music byPhil Cardew
Production
companies
Princess Production Corporation
Rich & Rich Ltd.
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • August 1957 (1957-08) (United Kingdom)
  • August 1957 (1957-08) (United States)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lady of Vengeance is a 1957 British film noir crime film directed by Burt Balaban and starring Dennis O'Keefe.[1][2]

Plot

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When 21-year-old Melissa Collins (Eileen Elton) commits suicide, her guardian, the domineering American newspaper publisher William T. Marshall (Dennis O'Keefe), searches (in flashback) for a reason. He finds it in a letter he receives from Melissa, after her death. In this, she asks Marshall to take revenge on her lover, philandering musician Larry Shaw (Vernon Greeves), who caused her such pain he made life not worth living. Marshall hires criminal mastermind, Karnak (Anton Diffring), an avid philatelist. He promises him a rare stamp in exchange for planning the torturous murder of Larry Shaw. Meanwhile, Marshall's loyal secretary, Katie Whiteside (Ann Sears), attempts to calm her boss's obsessive desires for vengeance. Matters become additionally complicated however, when Karnak targets the wrong man.

Cast

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Critical reception

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Dennis Schwartz writing in Ozus' World Movie Reviews, called the film a "tedious noir crime drama about the insanity of revenge";[3] Leonard Maltin also described the film as "tedious";[4] and TV Guide noted, "the plot is very confusing, making it hard to follow this picture. Slack direction does little to help."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lady of Vengeance". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Lady of Vengeance". flickfacts.com.
  3. ^ "ladyofvengeance".
  4. ^ "Lady of Vengeance (1957) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  5. ^ "Lady Of Vengeance". TV Guide.
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