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Lady of Vengeance is a British film of genre Drama directed by Burt Balaban released in USA on 1 august 1957 with Dennis O'Keefe
Lady of Vengeance (1957)
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Add to a movie listLady of Vengeance is a 1957 black-and-white British crime film directed by Burt Balaban, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Patrick Barr, Anton Diffring, "and introducing" Ann Sears, in her first film role.
Producer/director Burt Balaban (1922-1965) was the son of Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964, and cousin of actor Bob Balaban, of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Gosford Park (2001). Burt Balaban's other credits as producer/director include Murder, Inc. (1960) and The Gentle Rain (1965).
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When 21-year-old Melissa Collins (Eileen Elton) commits suicide, her guardian, the domineering American newspaper publisher William T. Marshall (Dennis O'Keefe), searches (in flashback) for a reason. He finds it in a letter he receives from Melissa, after her death. In this she asks Marshall to take revenge on her lover, philandering musician Larry Shaw (Vernon Greeves), who caused her such pain he made life not worth living. Marshall hires criminal mastermind, Karnak (Anton Diffring), an avid philatelist. He promises him a rare stamp in exchange for planning the torturous murder of Larry Shaw. Meanwhile, Marshall's loyal secretary, Katie Whiteside (Ann Sears), attempts to calm her boss's obsessive desires for vengeance. Matters become additionally complicated however, when Karnak targets the wrong man.Actors
Dennis O'Keefe
(William T. Marshall)
Ann Sears
(Katie Whiteside)
Anton Diffring
(Karmak)
Patrick Barr
(Inspector Madden)
Frederick Schiller
(Schleigel)
G. H. Mulcaster
(Bennett)
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