Ruth Roman
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The Fountainhead and Ruby Gentry break down into interesting patterns of dynamic visuals, even as their overheated dramatics are impossible to take seriously. 1951's Lightning Strikes Twice forms a link between King Vidor and Douglas Sirk's delirious women's pictures. Faced with a gimmicky, far-fetched storyline and inconsistent characters ...
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Directed by King Vidor. With Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott. Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- King Vidor
- 1951-06-25
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A rare attempt at film noir from an unexpected source, Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) is a not entirely successful, but nevertheless fascinating film that boasts deft directorial touches from the great King Vidor, and a compelling performance by the intense Mercedes McCambridge.
- King Vidor, Felix Jacoves, Frank Mattison
- Ruth Roman
A local priest, Father Paul (Rhys Williams), and other eyewitnesses paint a deadly picture to the future bride but the actual murder was not witnessed and somehow, unbelievably, love wins out. Because of local expectation, Shelley ends up at a competing dude ranch run by J.D. (Frank Conroy) and Myra Nolan (Kathryn Givney).
Shelley Carnes (Ruth Roman), a stage actress ordered by her doctor to take some time in a warm dry climate, arrives on a ranch in Texas where she falls for Richard (Richard Todd), a man recently acquitted for the murder of his wife. Circumstances begin to erode her faith in Richard's innocence, and she soon finds herself snared in a web of ...
Directed by King Vidor • 1951 • United States. Starring Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge. Directed by pioneering auteur King Vidor in the full flowering of his overheated late-career style, this delirious noir-melodrama stars Ruth Roman as Shelley Carnes, a New York stage actor who travels to a Texas dude ranch for her health.
