Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn't hurt a fly. He maintains his "killer" reputation by planting evidence of his involvement at the scenes of other crooks' crimes. Romero begins aspiring for respectability when he falls in love with Virginia Gilmore and adopts the orphaned Stanley Clements. Through his own non-homicidal means, Romero redeems himself by wiping out a genuinely nasty gangster boss (Sheldon Leonard). Tall, Dark and Handsome was remade in 1950 as Love That Brute, with Paul Douglas in the Cesar Romero role--and with Romero playing the villain! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, (more)
- Director(s):
- H. Bruce Humberstone
Synopsis of Tall, Dark and Handsome
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn't hurt a fly. He maintains his "killer" reputation by planting evidence of his involvement at the scenes of other crooks' crimes. Romero begins aspiring for respectability when he falls in love with Virginia Gilmore and adopts the orphaned Stanley Clements. Through his own non-homicidal means, Romero redeems himself by wiping out a genuinely nasty gangster boss (Sheldon Leonard). Tall, Dark and Handsome was remade in 1950 as Love That Brute, with Paul Douglas in the Cesar Romero role--and with Romero playing the villain! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tall, Dark and Handsome
- Cesar Romero - Shep Morrison
- Charlotte Greenwood - Winnie
- Sheldon Leonard - Pretty Willie
- Frank Jenks - Puffy
- Marc Lawrence - Louie
- Frank Bruno - Gunman
- Marion Martin - Dawn
- Charles D. Brown - District Attorney
- George Watts - Joe
- Mary Treen - Martha
- Virginia Gilmore - Judy
- Milton Berle - Frosty
- Stanley Clements - Harry
- Barnett Parker - Quentin
- Paul Hurst - Biff
- Anthony Caruso - Gunman
- Leon Belasco - Alfredo
- Addison Richards - Commandant
- Stanley Blystone - Policeman
- Vicki Lester - Sales Girl
- Director(s):
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Writer(s):
- Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg
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