Carol Ohmart
Pauline "Paulie" Nevins
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The Scarlet Hour: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, Jody Lawrance, James Gregory. An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Michael Curtiz
- 1956-04
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The Scarlet Hour is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed and produced by Michael Curtiz, and starring Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, and Jody Lawrance. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Curtiz had previously directed such noted films as Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas.
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist. In Los Angeles, salesman E.V. 'Marsh' Marshall works for wealthy real-estate developer Ralph Nevins. In his spare time he sleeps with his boss' wife, Pauline Nevins.
In The Scarlet Hour, an unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist. A rather generic film-noir story, with an unusual unfolding to it. As Marshall opts to turn himself in and give up his dubious lover.
As noted in several contemporary articles and reviews, Paramount made a special effort to introduce "new faces," in The Scarlet Hour, which marked the feature film debuts of Ohmart, Tryon and Elaine Stritch. Lawrance had appeared in several previous films, however.
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist. Frank Tashlin. Screenplay, Story.
