Storm Over Lisbon is a 1944 American thriller film produced and directed by George Sherman and starring Vera Ralston. The screenplay concerns a nightclub owner who attempts to gain secret information.
Storm Over Lisbon | |
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | Dane Lussier (adaptation) |
Screenplay by | Doris Gilbert |
Story by | Elizabeth Meehan |
Produced by | George Sherman |
Starring | Vera Hruba Ralston |
Cinematography | John Alton |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden.
Plot
editDuring World War II, the owner of a Lisbon nightclub attempts to gain secret information to sell to the Japanese.[1]
Cast
edit- Vera Hruba Ralston as Maria Mazarek
- Richard Arlen as John Craig
- Erich von Stroheim as Deresco
- Otto Kruger as Alexis Vanderlyn
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Blanco
- Robert Livingston as Bill Flanagan
- Mona Barrie as Evelyn
- Frank Orth as Murgatroyd
- Sarah Edwards as Maude Perry-Tonides
- Alice Fleming as Agatha Sanford-Richards
- Kenne Duncan as Paul
- Leon Belasco as Fado Singer
- The Aida Broadbent Girls as Dancers
Restoration
editA new restoration of Storm Over Lisbon by Paramount Pictures, The Film Foundation, and Martin Scorsese was screened at the Museum of Modern Art on February 9, 2018, as part of the museum's program of showcasing 30 restored films from the library of Republic Pictures curated by Scorsese.[2]
References
edit- ^ Lennig p.430
- ^ "Martin Scorsese Presents Republic Rediscovered: New Restorations from Paramount Pictures" (PDF). MoMA Press. The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Bibliography
edit- Lennig, Arthur. Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
External links
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