Scarlet Angel
| Scarlet Angel | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Salkow |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Written by | Oscar Brodney |
| Starring |
Rock Hudson Yvonne de Carlo Richard Denning Amanda Blake |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)[1] |
Scarlet Angel is a 1952 film starring Yvonne de Carlo and Rock Hudson.[2]
Plot
New Orleans, 1865: In a disreputable saloon, the Scarlet Angel, sea captain Frank Truscott observes as scheming, gold-digging saloon girl Roxy McClanahan steals one customer's wallet and then sets her sights on him.
Discovering a sick woman with a baby, Roxy volunteers to spend the night. She comes up with an idea after the mother dies, stealing her identity and heading to San Francisco to find the woman's wealthy relatives, hoping to bring the baby back and receive an award. The dead woman's cousins are there, Susan Bradley not trusting Roxy while brother Malcolm Bradley develops both a romantic and economic interest in her.
Roxy plays a pair of suitors against each other until Frank suddenly returns to complicate her ambitions and to demand the money she stole. She becomes pressured to reveal her true identity and the child's. By the time she does, Roxy and Frank find themselves back in another saloon, bickering and fighting.
Cast
- Yvonne de Carlo as Roxy McClannahan
- Rock Hudson as Frank Truscott
- Richard Denning as Malcolm Bradley
- Amanda Blake as Susan Bradley
- Henry O'Neill as Morgan Caldwell