Vendetta (1950)

Director:

Mel Ferrer

Writers:

W.R. Burnett, Prosper Mérimée (novel),

Stars:

Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Donald Buka

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Faith Domergue	...	Colomba della Rabia
George Dolenz	...	Lt. Orso Antonio della Rabia
Donald Buka	...	Padrino the Bandit
Joseph Calleia	...	Mayor Guido Barracini
Robert Warwick	...	The French Prefect
Hugo Haas	...	Brando, a bandit
Hillary Brooke	...	Lydia Nevil
Nigel Bruce	...	Sir Thomas Nevil
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gisela Werbisek	...	(unconfirmed)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

village | opera aria | french colonial justice | evil man | assassination | 

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Taglines:

She drives men crazy -- torments them to KILL!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Colomba

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hughes Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filming began in 1946, but the production was plagued with problems. At least five directors worked on it, some leaving when they were either fired or quit because of producer Howard Hughes' constant interference, others being hired only to shoot retakes or small bits of new footage. The film was finally released in 1950 after costs had ballooned to more than $4 million - a staggering sum at the time for a picture that wasn't an epic and had no big stars - and was a major critical and box-office disaster.

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Connections

Referenced in Fear in the Dark (1991)

User Reviews

Faith Domergue was the hottest of the Howard Hughes "discoveries"

She was a big chest breather, and had a sultry expression.

She had her best shot, I thought, in WHERE DANGER LIVES, with Mitchum.

George Dolenz had a good part in this; possibly his only. He was a solid character/contract player, and deserved better.

The classical musical themes and outsized, over-weighted backgrounds were effective, I thought. Really approaching the cerebral, almost, as far as on a scale of the Howard Hughes things.