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8 November 1945 (USA) moreTagline:
They're Pretty To Look At . . . But POISON To Love!Plot:
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!(From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
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GREAT NOIR -- GRITTIER THAN MILDRED PIERCE moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kay Francis | ... | Sheila Seymour |
 | Paul Kelly | ... | Major Pete Martin |
 | Otto Kruger | ... | Whitey Colton |
| Gertrude Michael | ... | Gladys Smith |
| Teala Loring | ... | Connie Seymour |
| Bernard Nedell | ... | Spike Malone |
 | Anthony Warde | ... | Joe Agnew |
| Matty Fain | ... | Louie Moranto |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Brig. General H. N. Gilbert |
| Selmer Jackson | ... | Deacon Sam |
| Terry Frost | ... | George Shields |
| Reid Kilpatrick | ... | Philip Van Brook |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Alice Van Brook |
| Marcelle Corday | ... | Madame Gaston |
| Evelyn Eaton | ... | Ann Farley |
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USA:Approved (PCA #11088)Fun Stuff
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Many film buffs consider this the best of Kay Francis' "Monogram Trilogy". It's a good companion piece for MILDRED PIERCE (also 1945) -- only ALLOTMENT WIVES has a harder edge -- Kay Francis is tougher, in a more complex role. She looks slim and stylish here as she leads a crime syndicate while fronting with a chic salon. The film is full of surprises and suspense. Excellent support comes from Teala Loring as Kay's troubled daughter who is kept from harms way at a private girls school. Their scenes together have a genuine feeling that allows sympathy for their situation and struggle. Kay's final scene on the staircase is a classic and her exit line is a memorable one. Gertrude Michael does a fine job as Kay's long lost friend out to do her no good. Her character throws more sympathy Kay's way even though Kay herself has a cold-blooded side in a losing "man's" game.