The Great Flamarion (1945)

The Great Flamarion (1945)

„The Great Flamarion“ is a 1945 film noir directed by Anthony Mann. The screenplay by Heinz Herald, Richard Weil and Anne Wigton is based on the short-story „Big Shot“ by Vicki Baum and Anne Wigton.

Part of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

Cast:

• Erich von Stroheim – The Great Flamarion
• Mary Beth Hughes – Connie Wallace
• Dan Duryea – Al Wallace
• Steve Barclay – Eddie Wheeler
• Lester Allen – Tony
• Esther Howard – Cleo
• Michael Mark – Nightwatchman
• Alex Melesh – Actor Playing Bellhop in Stage Sketch
• William A. Boardway – Audience Member
• Charles Fogel – Audience Member
• Robert Locke Lorraine – Audience Member
• Charles Soldani – Audience Member
• Florence Wix – Audience Member
• Thelma Hart – Bit
• John Hamilton – Coroner
• Ethelreda Leopold – Coroner’s Inquest Spectator
• Joseph Granby – Detective Ramirez
• Leo Mostovoy – French Entertainer
• Jack Chefe – Hotel Desk Clerk
• Sam Harris – Man at Coroner’s Inquest
• Carmen López – Mexican Dancer
• Fred Velasco – Mexican Dancer
• Tony Ferrell – Mexican Singer
• Bobbie Hale – Pawn Shop Clerk
• Kay Deslys – Sally Hampton
• Franklyn Farnum – Stage Manager
• Alphonso DuBois – Stagehand
• Jack O’Shea – Stagehand
• John Elliott – Theatrical Agent
• Jack Evans – Vagrant on Park Bench
• Tony Roux – Vaudevillian

„The Great Flamarion“ ist ein Film noir von 1945 unter der Regie von Anthony Mann. Das Drehbuch von Heinz Herald, Richard Weil und Anne Wigton basiert auf der Kurzgeschichte "Big Shot" von Vicki Baum und Anne Wigton.

Eine schöne, aber skrupellose Darstellerin, die Teil einer Unterhaltungsgruppe ist, manipuliert alle Männer in ihrem Leben, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen.