The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Why Did Mamie Stover Have to Leave San Francisco?
1956 · 1h 32m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Overview
In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Jane Russell as Mamie Stover
- Richard Egan as Jim Blair
- Joan Leslie as Annalee Johnson
- Agnes Moorehead as Bertha Parchman
- Jorja Curtright as Jackie
- Michael Pate as Harry Adkins
- Richard Coogan as Capt. Eldon Sumac
- Alan Reed as Capitaine Gorecki
- Eddie Firestone as Tarzan
- Jean Willes as Gladys
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