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The film's main virtue is the sinister performance by British newcomer Jean Gillie as Margot Shelby, who is the nonredeemable femme fatale with a history of using men and even resorting to violence to achieve her ends.
Decoy: Directed by Jack Bernhard. With Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley. A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Jack Bernhard
- 1946-09-14
Gillie made her American screen debut in 1946 in the cult film noir Decoy, directed by Bernhard. [3] This was a radical departure from any role she had played before, casting her as a devious— femme fatale.
Great Britain's wannabe killer answer to Hollywood's other femme-fatales, sultry-eyed, long-maned beauty Jean Gillie had a modest, lengthy, but lightweight career in her homeland before coming to the States and making her initial impression on American audiences in Decoy (1946).
- October 14, 1915
- February 19, 1949
When they came to Hollywood, he produced and directed Decoy in May 1946 as a vehicle to showcase her talents to American audiences, while Gillie was simultaneously at work in The Macomber Affair (April-June 1946).
- January 1, 1
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Oct 12, 2023 · The hardest, greediest, most daring femme fatale in all of classic film noir England’s Jean Gillie in Decoy is not widely known today, beyond a fervent cult following. But rest easy, fatale fans, I am joining the charge to get the word out on Ms. Gillie.
Jean Gillie, an English actress, was married to director Jack Bernhard. This film marked her U.S. motion picture debut. According to a November 14, 1946 Hollywood Reporter article, the film's advertising campaign drew unfavorable
