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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Laurence Harvey | ... | Dove Linkhorn | |
| Capucine | ... | Hallie | |
| Jane Fonda | ... | Kitty Twist | |
| Anne Baxter | ... | Teresina Vidaverri | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Jo / Jo Courtney | |
| Joanna Moore | ... | Miss Precious | |
| Richard Rust | ... | Oliver | |
| Karl Swenson | ... | Schmidt | |
| Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Dockery (as Donald Barry) | |
| Juanita Moore | ... | Mama | |
| John Anderson | ... | Preacher | |
| Ken Lynch | ... | Frank Bonito | |
| Todd Armstrong | ... | Lt. Omar Stroud (as Todd Anderson) | |
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Sherry O'Neil | ... | Reba |
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John Bryant | ... | Spence |
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At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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1962 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Auf glühendem Pflaster See more »Company Credits
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Famous Artists Productions,Columbia Pictures Corporation,Famartists Productions S.A. See more »
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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Kitty Twist: I run the candy concession.
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Music by Elmer Bernstein
Lyrics by Mack David
Sung by Brook Benton
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According to Penny Stallings' 'Flesh and Fantasy', when Barbara Stanwyck first encountered Laurence Harvey on the set lounging in his gold brocade bathrobe and drinking champagne, she walked up to him and said, "All right, Larry, let's go! Get your ass in gear. We've got a picture to make, and I don't have time for prima donnas!" After a moment of silence, this struck Harvey as highly amusing and he burst into laughter. He and Stanwyck immediately became friends. See more »Goofs
Dove arranges to meet Hallie "the day after tomorrow", but when they meet, he says, "You look different, even since yesterday." See more »Quotes
Dove Linkhorn: What are you doing here, Kit?Kitty Twist: I run the candy concession.
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Opening credits prologue: Texas, The Early Thirties See more »Soundtracks
Walk on the Wild SideMusic by Elmer Bernstein
Lyrics by Mack David
Sung by Brook Benton
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This sleazy bit of melodrama, loosely based on a racy Nelson Algren book, is now dated kitsch; but can be enjoyed for what it is, thanks to the Hollywood team that put it all together. It's trashy intentions and heavyhanded delivery work in it's favor nowadays, so the brilliant Columbia DVD transfer is well worth checking out. The highlight of the movie is the Elmer Bernstein score; a masterwork with a life all it's own. The cast is a hoot: Barbara Stanwyck standing out as a lesbian brothel owner, a stiff dyke, hardly correct as a New Orleans Madame; Jane Fonda is a pouty, sultry slut, overdoing her overaged, nubile nymphette act; Laurence Harvey stretches all credibility as the good-boy Texas heartthrob searching for his lost love; an utterly miscast Capucine, playing an artsy, elegant whore-with-a-heart-of-gold; and Anne Baxter is quite humorous as a Mexican cafe owner. It's hard not to enjoy a movie with lead characters whose names are Dove and Kitty Twist, and a title song performed by Brook Benton with lyrics like: "Chances of goin' to Heaven, 6 to 1!".