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Wicked Woman (film)

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'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..

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.

Reception



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

References




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