Actors and Sin
What goes on when the greasepaint comes off?
1952 · 1h 22m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Lee Garmes
,
Ben Hecht
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Actors and Sin
Overview
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old boy--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.
Director and cast
- Lee Garmes Director
- Ben Hecht Director
- Edward G. Robinson as Maurice Tillayou (Actor's Blood sequence)
- Eddie Albert as Orlando Higgens (segment "Woman of Sin")
- Marsha Hunt as Marcia Tillayou (Actor's Blood sequence)
- Alan Reed as Jerome (J.B.) Cobb (Woman of Sin sequence)
- Dan O'Herlihy as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (Actor's Blood sequence)
- Tracey Roberts Cast
- Jenny Hecht Cast
- John Crawford Cast
- Peter Brocco Cast
- Paul Guilfoyle Cast
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