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Portrait in Black (1960) In a beautifully drippy, bleeding, sticky Douglas Sirk mode, and one year after leading lady Lana Turner appeared in Sirk's "Imitation of Life," this highly slick and artificial (and yet moving) melodrama is one of the high points in a low period of Hollywood.
Portrait in Black is a decent film. It is about a married woman and her lover who murder her cruel husband, but they are blackmailed by someone who is aware of their crime. Lana Turner...
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Portrait in Black: Directed by Michael Gordon. With Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Sandra Dee. After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.
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Portrait in Black is a 1960 American neo-noir melodrama film [2][3] directed by Michael Gordon, and starring Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. Produced by Ross Hunter, the film was based on the play of the same by name by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay.
One of the noir cycle’s most melodramatic productions, Michael Gordon’s Portrait in Black is a no-holds-barred, over-the-top, romantic suspense drama that’s hugely entertaining in spite of itself.
May 30, 2022 · Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. A downbeat plot hole filled crime thriller that’s surprisingly entertaining despite its faults. Filmmaker Michael Gordon (“Pillow Talk”/”Boys’ Night Out”) co-writes it with Ivan Boff and Ben Roberts, whose 1945 Broadway play the film is based on.
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Oct 16, 2020 · Portrait in Black is a 1960 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Michael Gordon, and starring Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. Produced by Ross Hunter, the film was based on the play of the same by name by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay.
