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English. Budget. $400,000 [2] 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. [1] [3] 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 ...
Anna Lucasta. Anna Lucasta may refer to: Anna Lucasta (play), a 1944 Broadway play by Philip Yordan. Anna Lucasta (1949 film), an adaptation of the play directed by Irving Rapper, starring Paulette Goddard. Anna Lucasta (1958 film), an adaptation of the play directed by Arnold Laven, starring Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis Jr.
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Anna Lucasta has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe. She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph, Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny, an old friend ...
Nov 13, 2012 · This revival of Philip Yordan’s 1944 drama “Anna Lucasta,” from Robey Theatre Company and Latino Theater Company, is generally successful despite one overwrought lead performance.
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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, which itself was an adaptation of the 1936 stage play.
Anna Lucasta (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Your Finer Qualities Sailor Danny (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Eartha Kitt (title character, a San Diego streetwalker), with his pal Lester (Charles Swain) are settling plans for after his discharge when her father (Rex Ingram) from Los Angeles arrives, apparently seeking reconciliation, in the 1958 remake of Philip Yordan's Anna Lucasta.
