Portrait in Smoke (1956)
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Synopsis of Portrait in Smoke
Wicked as They Come stars Arlene Dahl as Kathy Allen, whose sour attitude on life has been formed by a sexual assault in her childhood. Rising out of the shabbiness of the Lower East Side, Kathy ruthlessly climbs the social and financial ladder by using and then abandoning a series of gullible older men. When she finally gets what she wants out of life, it still isn't enough, and it is this insatiability that leads to her downfall. Extensive location filming in London and Paris adds an exotic touch to this predictable melodrama. Wicked as They Come is based on Portrait in Smoke, a novel by Bill Ballington. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Portrait in Smoke
- Arlene Dahl - Kathy Allen
- Herbert Marshall - Stephen Collins
- David Kossoff - Sam Lewis
- Gil Winfield - Chuck
- Ralph Truman - John Dowling
- Faith Brook - Virginia Collins
- Pat Clavin
- Frederick [Fritz] Valk
- Larry Cross
- Selma Vaz Dias
- Alastair Hunter
- Philip Carey - Tim O'Bannion
- Michael Goodliffe - Larry Buckhan
- Sidney James - Frank Allen
- Patrick Allen - Willie
- Frank Atkinson
- Jacques Brunius - Inspector Caron
- Paul Sheridan
- John Salew
- Raf dela Torre
- Tom Gill
- Director(s):
- Ken Hughes
- Writer(s):
- Sigmund Miller, Ken Hughes, Robert Westerby
- Producer(s):
- Mexwell Seton, Mike J. Frankovich
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