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Anna Lucasta is a 1958 American drama film directed by Arnold Laven and written by Philip Yordan. It stars Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., and Henry Scott. It is a remake of the 1949 film noir version (directed by Irving Rapper and starring Paulette Goddard), which itself was an adaptation of the 1936 stage play.
- $400,000
- Sidney Harmon
- Elmer Bernstein, (Lee Osborne music editor)
Anna Lucasta: Directed by Arnold Laven. With Eartha Kitt, Frederick O'Neal, Henry Scott, Rex Ingram. A young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did.
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- Drama
- Arnold Laven
- 1959-01-16
Anna Lucasta is a 1944 American play by Philip Yordan. Inspired by Eugene O'Neill 's Anna Christie , the play was originally written about a Polish American family. The American Negro Theatre director Abram Hill and director Harry Wagstaff Gribble adapted the script for an all African American cast, and presented the first performance on June ...
- June 16, 1944
Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe (Rex Ingram). She's estranged from her family, but when...
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- Eartha Kitt
- Arnold Laven
- Drama
Also Known As. Philip Yordan's Anna Lucasta. Genre. Drama. Adaptation. Release Date. Feb 1958. Premiere Information. World premiere in Chicago: 26 Nov 1958; New York opening: 14 Jan 1959.
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Summaries. A young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did. When wild child Anna Lucasta (Kitt) is banished from the family home by her self-righteous father, she falls into a life of prostitution and into the arms of of streetwise sailor Danny Johnson (Davis).
