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Director:
Jack Gage
Writers:
William Mercer (story)
Walter Reilly (adaptation)
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Release Date:
13 July 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
Broadway star Valerie Stanton, breaking up with her producer-lover Gordon Dunning, unintentionally kills him... more | add synopsis
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Rosalind and Her Golden Touch ***1/2 more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rosalind Russell ... Valerie Stanton
Leo Genn ... Michael Morrell

Claire Trevor ... Marian Webster

Sydney Greenstreet ... Capt. Danbury
Leon Ames ... Gordon Dunning
Frank McHugh ... Ernie Boyle
Walter Kingsford ... Peter Gunther
Dan Tobin ... Jeff Trent
Lex Barker ... Paul Banton
Nydia Westman ... Susan Crane
Theresa Harris ... Nancy
Russell Hicks ... Actor 'Judge Brack'
Irving Bacon ... Herbie
Esther Howard ... Pansy Dupont
Harry Hayden ... Mr. Couch
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: In scenes set in Sardi's restaurant, many of framed caricatures on wall are full-figure sketches; in reality, all of Sardi's famous caricatures are face-only portraits. more
Quotes:
Marian Webster: Where did you get your luck, Valerie? Or does God pity the wicked? more
Soundtrack:
THE VELVET TOUCH more

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Rosalind and Her Golden Touch ***1/2, 6 July 2006
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Author: edwagreen from United States

As always, Rosalind Russell gives a superb performance in "The Velvet Touch." She gets a lot of great support from veteran pro Claire Trevor, who is on to her as well as Leo Genn and Leon Ames.

As Valerie Stanton, an ambitious actress who knows her craft quite well, Russell etched a memorable portrait of a woman bent on self-destruction. She knows that she can switch from comedy to drama and she will do anything to prove the point. Of course, killing Ames is by accident, but it happened and she did cover it up.

Genn loves her as tragically reveals that he knows what she has done.

Sidney Greenstreet plays the police inspector with that Peter Falk-like Columbo attitude. He is polite but yet knows that something is amiss with Valerie.

Leave it to Roz Russell to play that ending scene while waiting in the wings is Greenstreet. He is ready to escort her to a new destination. Yet, he allows her to take her final bows. Bravo!

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