Directed by:
Fritz LangScreenplay:
Casey RobinsonCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Herschel Burke GilbertCast:
Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, James Craig, Ida Lupino (more)VOD (1)
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Bedridden Amos Kyne is owner and manager of media conglomerate Kyne Enterprises. Upon Amos' death, his son, the ineffective Walter Kyne, takes control of the business. Not wanting to do any of the work but retain the glory, Walter creates a new position - Executive Director - that person who effectively will become head of the organization. The heads of the three primary arms of the business - John Day Griffith (newspaper), Mark Loving (wire service) and Harry Kritzer (photographic service) - are those in line for the job, each who will do whatever he needs to for the appointment. Walter has decided that whoever of the three solves and reports the Lipstick Killings first will get the position. The Lipstick Killings are the murders of young women, the murderer who scrawls a note in lipstick at the murder scene after the fact. Pulitzer Prize winning author and reporter Edward Mobley is seen by most to be the real brains of the organization, although he has no desire for the top job. Although he initially will not get into the internal fight for the job, Ed, who has connections to the police department and has his own thoughts as to the psychological profile of the killer, decides to assist his old friend, John Griffith, in solving the case. In their quest, those involved do not hesitate to use the women in their lives - namely Nancy Liggett (Ed's fiancée and Mark's secretary), Dorothy Kyne (Walter's wife), and Women's Affairs columnist Mildred Donner - in whatever manner they can. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dana Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Laura (1944)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Rhonda Fleming
USA
Best movies:
Spellbound (1945)
Out of the Past (1947)
Pony Express (1953)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
Howard Duff
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Thomas Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Vincent Price
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Sally Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Street (1950)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
John Drew Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Pontius Pilate (1962)
James Craig
USA
Best movies:
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Black Friday (1940)
Side Street (1950)
Ida Lupino
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
High Sierra (1941)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Ralph Peters
USA
Best movies:
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Vladimir Sokoloff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Larry J. Blake
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Band of Angels (1957)
High Noon (1952)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)