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La scandaleuse

Original title: Wicked Woman
  • 1953
  • Approved
  • 1h 17m
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6.7/10
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Beverly Michaels in La scandaleuse (1953)
Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
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Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor wi... Read allDrifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

  • Director
    • Russell Rouse
  • Writers
    • Clarence Greene
    • Russell Rouse
  • Stars
    • Beverly Michaels
    • Richard Egan
    • Percy Helton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    982
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    • Director
      • Russell Rouse
    • Writers
      • Clarence Greene
      • Russell Rouse
    • Stars
      • Beverly Michaels
      • Richard Egan
      • Percy Helton
    • 42User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Beverly Michaels
    Beverly Michaels
    • Billie Nash
    Richard Egan
    Richard Egan
    • Matt Bannister
    Percy Helton
    Percy Helton
    • Charlie Borg
    Evelyn Scott
    • Dora Bannister
    Robert Osterloh
    Robert Osterloh
    • Larry Lowry
    William 'Bill' Phillips
    William 'Bill' Phillips
    • Gus
    Frank Ferguson
    Frank Ferguson
    • Bill Porter
    Bernadene Hayes
    Bernadene Hayes
    • Mrs. Walters
    John Alvin
    John Alvin
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Gordon Armitage
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Helen Brown
    • Porter's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Sidney Clute
    Sidney Clute
    • Man on Bus
    • (uncredited)
    Tristram Coffin
    Tristram Coffin
    • Mr. Cutler
    • (uncredited)
    Bing Conley
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Jeffers
    Michael Jeffers
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Kenner G. Kemp
    Kenner G. Kemp
    • Man in Bus Station
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Montgomery
    Ralph Montgomery
    • Jukebox Attendant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Russell Rouse
    • Writers
      • Clarence Greene
      • Russell Rouse
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    • Trivia
      Rejected by the British Board of Film Censors on 11 November 1953, the film waited some 18 months for a London press showing. It was finally screened (whilst still uncertified) at United Artists' Own Theatre in Wardour Street on 13 May 1955. Press reaction was unusually hostile, with Kinematograph Weekly commenting: "Having turned it down, the censor should have sent it to a desert island." And the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed it in July 1955 only because "it has been shown in some districts by permission of the local authorities." After five years, the distribution passed to New Realm Entertainments who resubmitted it to the BBFC on 30 May 1960 where it passed with an "X" certificate after cuts. Unfortunately, it tended to be shown at struggling independents such as Derby's soon-to-be-demolished Coliseum in January 1961.
    • Goofs
      As Matt Bannister steps into Bille's room to assault her, you can see the bald head of someone pass out of the doorway, presumably Charlie Borg. But when the camera pans left, Borg is still standing on the far side of the bed.
    • Quotes

      Matt Bannister: You know, you've got more guts than any dame I ever saw.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Pour que vivent les hommes (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Wicked Woman
      by Buddy Baker and Joseph Mullendore (as Joe Mullendore)

      Sung by Herb Jeffries

    User reviews42

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    8/10
    Beverly Michaels sizzles in Wicked Woman
    I recently watched one of my favorite "B" films of the 1950's Wicked Woman on Turner Classic Movies and it was fun to see again. Platinum blonde Beverly Michaels decked out all in white and prancing around in "slow motion" is a knockout in the title role. She is on the move for trouble and she gets plenty.After checking into a rooming house she gets a job as a hostess in a local bar and she connives a scheme to entice handsome owner Richard Egan and thats when the fun begins. Together they lock lips and sneak around his well meaning alcoholic wife Evelyn Scott which presents some tense moments. However character actor Percy Helton is also a border at the rooming house and has other ideas which could dampen the scheme. It all boils down to a knock down drag out finale which is hilarious thanks to the three key players. A treat for the "B" movie film buff this film is rarely shown and it is not on video.
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    • Feb 25, 2001

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 1955 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wicked Woman
    • Filming locations
      • Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Edward Small Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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