The Murder Men (film)
The Murder Men (later presented as an episode of the TV show Cain's Hundred which was called Blues for a Junkman, in 1962)[1] is a 1961 film starring Peter Mark Richman, James Coburn, and Dorothy Dandridge.
| The Murder Men | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Peyser |
| Written by | Mel Goldberg |
| Starring | Peter Mark Richman James Coburn Dorothy Dandridge |
| Music by | Jeff Alexander |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Wellman |
| Edited by | William B. Gulick John Sheets |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Plot
Norma Sherman, is a night-club singer and addict who, upon being released from jail, attempts to win back the love of her husband.[2]
Cast
- Peter Mark Richman as Nick Cain
- James Coburn as Arthur Troy
- Dorothy Dandridge as Norma Sherman (archive footage)
- Joe Mantell (archive footage)
- Ivan Dixon (archive footage)
- Ed Asner as Dave Keller (archive footage)
Reviews
One commentator called Dorothy Dandridge's role in this film "one of (her) most interesting late performances".[3] This was her last film.
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References
- Aberjhani; Sandra L. West (2003). "Dorothy Dandridge". Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Infobase. pp. 81–82. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (1999). Captive bodies: postcolonial subjectivity in cinema. SUNY press. p. 184. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- Foster, page 184
External links
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