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“Ask mother” says the message scrawled in lipstick at a murder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. It’s a sensational story—if it bleeds, it leads—and a news conglomerate offers a big promotion to the high-level company exec who solves the case.
So begins the wheeling, dealing and backstabbing of the competing media hotshots as they vie to unmask the so-called Lipstick Killer.
Fritz Lang (The Big Heat), whose early-career expressionist works would strongly influence the film-noir genre, directs this stylistically understated noir that features an abundance of starpower rare for the genre: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Ida Lupino and other notables.
Original Release
04/19/1956
US Release
05/16/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Edward Mobley |
Rhonda Fleming | Dorothy Kyne |
George Sanders | Mark Loving / Mark Loving, KNS Chief |
Howard Duff | Lt. Burt Kaufman |
Thomas Mitchell | Jon Day Griffith / John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor) |
Vincent Price | Walter Kyne |
Sally Forrest | Nancy Liggett |
John Drew Barrymore | Robert Manners |
James Craig | 'Honest' Harry Kritzer |
Ida Lupino | Mildred Donner |
Directors
Writers
Casey Robinson, Charles Einstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Edward Mobley |
Rhonda Fleming | Dorothy Kyne |
George Sanders | Mark Loving / Mark Loving, KNS Chief |
Howard Duff | Lt. Burt Kaufman |
Thomas Mitchell | Jon Day Griffith / John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor) |
Vincent Price | Walter Kyne |
Sally Forrest | Nancy Liggett |
John Drew Barrymore | Robert Manners |
James Craig | 'Honest' Harry Kritzer |
Ida Lupino | Mildred Donner |
Robert Warwick | Amos Kyne |
Mae Marsh | Mrs. Manners |
Ralph Peters | Gerald Meade / Gerald Meade (Sentinel crime reporter) |
Sandra White | Judith Felton |
Larry J. Blake | Tim - Police Desk Sergeant / Tim, Police Desk Sergeant |
Celia Lovsky | Miss Dodd / Miss Dodd (Kyne's nurse) |
Ed Hinton | Mike O'Leary / Mike O'Leary, Plainclothes Man |
Pitt Herbert | Carlo - Bartender at the Dell / Carlo, Bartender at the Dell |
Vladimir Sokoloff | George 'Pop' Pilski |
David Andrews | Bar Pianist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bert E. Friedlob | Producer |