Wicked Woman is a 1953 American low-budget film noir film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton, and Evelyn Scott. The film was written by Rouse and Clarence Greene.[1][2]

Wicked Woman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Russell Rouse
Screenplay by	Clarence Greene Russell Rouse
Produced by	Clarence Greene
Starring	Beverly Michaels Richard Egan Percy Helton Evelyn Scott
Cinematography	Edward Fitzgerald
Edited by	Chester W. Schaeffer
Music by	Buddy Baker
Production company	Edward Small Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 9, 1953 (1953-12-09) (United States)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

An attractive blonde drifter (Beverly Michaels) buses into town and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. She sets her sights on the bar's handsome owner (Richard Egan), who is married to an alcoholic (Evelyn Scott). Her plans are for the two of them to sell the bar without the wife's knowledge and skip to Mexico together with the money – but a boarder (Percy Helton) at the rooming house where she is staying discovers her plans, and he comes up with a plan of his own.

Cast

• Beverly Michaels as Billie Nash
• Richard Egan as Matt Bannister
• Percy Helton as Charlie Borg
• Evelyn Scott as Dora Bannister
• Robert Osterloh as Larry Lowry
• Frank Ferguson as Bill Porter
• Bernadene Hayes as Mrs. Walters

Production

The film, produced under the working title of Free and Easy, was the first leading role for Richard Egan.[3]

Reception

The New York Times called the film a "misguided little melodrama" that "manages to squander some persuasively realistic upholstery".[4]

References

External links

• Wicked Woman at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Wicked Woman at IMDb
• Wicked Woman at AllMovie
• Wicked Woman at the TCM Movie Database
• Wicked Woman at Trailers from Hell

На других языках

[ru] Порочная женщина (фильм, 1953)