Hot Blood (1956)
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If Hot Blood is remembered at all today, it is for its ludicrous advertising blurb "Jane Russell shakes her tambourines and drives Cornel Wilde!" Set in the gypsy community of contemporary Los Angeles, the film stars Wilde as aspiring dancer Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco Luther Adler into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash Jane Russell. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it. Several risque complications and lively musical numbers later, Torino changes his mind. Nicholas Ray imbues Hot Blood with the same erotic/neurotic energy he brought to such earlier cult favorites as Johnny Guitar and Rebel without a Cause, but the magic just isn't there this time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jane Russell - Annie Caldash
- Luther Adler - Mario Torino
- Mikhail Rasumny - Old Johnny
- James Russell - Xano
- Nick Dennis - Korka
- Robert Foulk - Sgt. McGrossin
- Nina Koshetz - Nita Johnny
- Fay Nuell - Gypsy Woman
- Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. - Gas Station Attendant
- Manuel Paris - Elder
- Cornel Wilde - Stephen Turino
- Joseph Calleia - Papa Theodore
- Helen Westcott - Velma
- Wally Russell - Bimbo
- Richard Deacon - Mr. Swift
- John Raven - Joe Randy
- Peter Brocco - Doctor
- Joan Reynolds - Girl
- Les Baxter
- Joe Merritt - Skinny Gypsy
- Director(s):
- Nicholas Ray
- Writer(s):
- Jesse Lasky, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Howard Welsch, Harry Tatelman
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