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Wally Cassell
- Tony
- (as Walter Cassell)
Carol Kelly
- Julie - Tony's Girl
- (as Karolee Kelly)
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- Quotes
Rita Kendrick: [of Dave] He's here, I love him, what are you going to do about it?
Harold King aka Harley Kendrick: There's only thing I can do about it for now: Wait. Wait, till you get tired of your dirty-necked fisherman.
Rita Kendrick: You'll have a long wait!
Harold King aka Harley Kendrick: I think not. You're not the type of girl who passes up a fortune for hamburgers and beans.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
Featured review
Gentlemen prefer blondes.
Anne Baxter was assuredly one of America's finest actresses whose sheer professionalism enabled her to shine regardless of the material. She had 'gone blonde' for Hitchcock in 'I Confess' and decided to stay that way for a while. This change of hair colour may not have brought her better films but it certainly accentuated her extraordinary sensuality.
From the moment she emerges from the water in a two-piece swimsuit in this potboiler one is 'hooked' and it is her subsequent performance that keeps one watching. The character of Rita is one of film's most fascinating femme fatales who spells trouble with a capital 'T'. She is ably supported by John Hoyt, suitably reptilian as a blackmailer and Jesse White as a venal private investigator. She finds true love with the fisherman of Sterling Hayden but their relationship is, naturally, doomed from the outset.
The film itself, one of five made by former publicist Russell Birdwell, is in truth pretty dire but is redeemed by the performances and by having Ernest Haller behind the camera.
Hayden, one of Hollywood's mavericks, has a thankless part. He professed to hate filming but his persona was at least used to great effect by Stanley Kubrick. Such a pity that 'tax problems' prevented his playing Quint in 'Jaws'. As for Miss Baxter, it was Cecil B. de Mille who came to her rescue with 'The Ten Commandments'.
This splendid artiste never gave less than her best and it is only fitting that the final words be hers: "Acting is not what I do. It is what I am."
From the moment she emerges from the water in a two-piece swimsuit in this potboiler one is 'hooked' and it is her subsequent performance that keeps one watching. The character of Rita is one of film's most fascinating femme fatales who spells trouble with a capital 'T'. She is ably supported by John Hoyt, suitably reptilian as a blackmailer and Jesse White as a venal private investigator. She finds true love with the fisherman of Sterling Hayden but their relationship is, naturally, doomed from the outset.
The film itself, one of five made by former publicist Russell Birdwell, is in truth pretty dire but is redeemed by the performances and by having Ernest Haller behind the camera.
Hayden, one of Hollywood's mavericks, has a thankless part. He professed to hate filming but his persona was at least used to great effect by Stanley Kubrick. Such a pity that 'tax problems' prevented his playing Quint in 'Jaws'. As for Miss Baxter, it was Cecil B. de Mille who came to her rescue with 'The Ten Commandments'.
This splendid artiste never gave less than her best and it is only fitting that the final words be hers: "Acting is not what I do. It is what I am."
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- brogmiller
- Dec 31, 2020
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Am Strand der Sünde
- Filming locations
- Balboa, Newport Beach, California, USA(Commercial fishing dock where Tony Margoli keeps his boat)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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