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His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman is a 1951 film noir directed by John Farrow and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Raymond Burr and Charles McGraw. The plot is based on the unpublished story "Star Sapphire" by Gerald Drayson Adams.
After Farrow submitted the film, RKO Pictures studio head Howard Hughes demanded extensive script revisions, recasting and reshooting of scenes directed by Richard Fleischer. This postproduction process took a great deal of time and money, costing about as much as the film lost at the box office in its initial release.
Down on his luck professional gambler Dan Milner accepts a mysterious job that will take him out of the U.S. for a year but pays $50,000. He accepts a $5,000 advance and tickets to an isolated luxury resort on Mexico's Baja California coast, where he will receive further instructions. Milner is attracted to the only other passenger on his chartered flight south, attractive young millionaire Lenore Brent. When he arrives, Milner finds that several guests at the lodge have ulterior motives. He is disappointed to find that Lenore is the girlfriend of famous movie actor Mark Cardigan.
Milner overhears two guests, self-proclaimed author Martin Krafft and a man named Thompson, planning something that he suspects involves him. When Milner confronts them, he is given the $10,000 installment due him and told that someone is on his way to Baja to see him. An inebriated man flies in, despite warnings of very dangerous storm conditions. Milner thinks that he must be the contact, but when the two are alone, the pilot identifies himself as Bill Lusk, an undercover agent for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. He tells Milner that the government suspects that underworld boss Nick Ferraro, deported to Italy four years earlier, is scheming to return to the country posing as Milner. Milner is a loner whom no one is likely to miss, and Krafft is a plastic surgeon.
Cardigan's wife Helen and his manager Gerald Hobson appear. She has scuppered a halfhearted Reno divorce after discovering she is still fond of her husband. Hobson also thinks that a split is a poor idea because Cardigan's film contract is expiring and the bad publicity would make it hard to get a new one. With her plans ruined, Lenore confesses to Milner that she is really just a singer looking to hook a wealthy spouse. Milner helps a newlywed's husband recoup gambling losses to a card cheat. Lusk reveals Ferraro's plan to Milner, but is caught by Thompson. Finding Lusk's body on the beach convinces Milner that he had been telling the truth.
A yacht arrives in the bay. Milner is captured by Thompson, but passes a veiled plea for help to Lenore before he can be taken aboard. She persuades Cardigan, who is bored at pretending to be a hero, to rescue him. While Cardigan keeps the mobsters at bay with rifle fire, Milner sneaks onto the yacht to capture Ferraro. He is caught and set to be drugged for surgery.
After killing two of Ferraro's thugs and capturing a wounded Thompson, Cardigan mounts an assault with the reluctant assistance of the Mexican police and a couple of adventure-seeking guests. A gunfight ensues aboard the yacht, followed by a melee. Milner breaks free and shoots Ferraro dead. Cardigan and Helen are reconciled. Milner and Lenore cozy up in his bungalow.
The film is based on the unpublished story "Star Sapphire" written by Gerald Drayson Adams. The film project was announced in July 1949 with Jane Russell and Robert Mitchum already attached. For Howard Hughes, who owned RKO Pictures and acted as its executive producer, Mitchum and Russell were the epitome of sexual chemistry.
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His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman is a 1951 film noir directed by John Farrow and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Raymond Burr and Charles McGraw. The plot is based on the unpublished story "Star Sapphire" by Gerald Drayson Adams.
After Farrow submitted the film, RKO Pictures studio head Howard Hughes demanded extensive script revisions, recasting and reshooting of scenes directed by Richard Fleischer. This postproduction process took a great deal of time and money, costing about as much as the film lost at the box office in its initial release.
Down on his luck professional gambler Dan Milner accepts a mysterious job that will take him out of the U.S. for a year but pays $50,000. He accepts a $5,000 advance and tickets to an isolated luxury resort on Mexico's Baja California coast, where he will receive further instructions. Milner is attracted to the only other passenger on his chartered flight south, attractive young millionaire Lenore Brent. When he arrives, Milner finds that several guests at the lodge have ulterior motives. He is disappointed to find that Lenore is the girlfriend of famous movie actor Mark Cardigan.
Milner overhears two guests, self-proclaimed author Martin Krafft and a man named Thompson, planning something that he suspects involves him. When Milner confronts them, he is given the $10,000 installment due him and told that someone is on his way to Baja to see him. An inebriated man flies in, despite warnings of very dangerous storm conditions. Milner thinks that he must be the contact, but when the two are alone, the pilot identifies himself as Bill Lusk, an undercover agent for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. He tells Milner that the government suspects that underworld boss Nick Ferraro, deported to Italy four years earlier, is scheming to return to the country posing as Milner. Milner is a loner whom no one is likely to miss, and Krafft is a plastic surgeon.
Cardigan's wife Helen and his manager Gerald Hobson appear. She has scuppered a halfhearted Reno divorce after discovering she is still fond of her husband. Hobson also thinks that a split is a poor idea because Cardigan's film contract is expiring and the bad publicity would make it hard to get a new one. With her plans ruined, Lenore confesses to Milner that she is really just a singer looking to hook a wealthy spouse. Milner helps a newlywed's husband recoup gambling losses to a card cheat. Lusk reveals Ferraro's plan to Milner, but is caught by Thompson. Finding Lusk's body on the beach convinces Milner that he had been telling the truth.
A yacht arrives in the bay. Milner is captured by Thompson, but passes a veiled plea for help to Lenore before he can be taken aboard. She persuades Cardigan, who is bored at pretending to be a hero, to rescue him. While Cardigan keeps the mobsters at bay with rifle fire, Milner sneaks onto the yacht to capture Ferraro. He is caught and set to be drugged for surgery.
After killing two of Ferraro's thugs and capturing a wounded Thompson, Cardigan mounts an assault with the reluctant assistance of the Mexican police and a couple of adventure-seeking guests. A gunfight ensues aboard the yacht, followed by a melee. Milner breaks free and shoots Ferraro dead. Cardigan and Helen are reconciled. Milner and Lenore cozy up in his bungalow.
The film is based on the unpublished story "Star Sapphire" written by Gerald Drayson Adams. The film project was announced in July 1949 with Jane Russell and Robert Mitchum already attached. For Howard Hughes, who owned RKO Pictures and acted as its executive producer, Mitchum and Russell were the epitome of sexual chemistry.
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