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No Minor Vices is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lewis Milestone released in USA on 12 november 1948 with Dana Andrews
No Minor Vices (1948)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 november 1948
Length 1h36
Directed by Lewis Milestone
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating56%
No Minor Vices is a 1948 American black-and-white comedy film written by Arnold Manoff and directed by Lewis Milestone with Robert Aldrich as 1st assistant director. Created for David Loew's Enterprise Productions, the film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and is the last of four films made by Dana Andrews for Lewis Milstone.
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Successful dentist Perry Ashwell (Dana Andrews) takes his attractive wife April (Lilli Palmer) and their conservative lifestyle for granted. When he allows artists Octavio Quaglini (Louis Jourdan) into their lives to sketch their "inner selves", Octavio becomes enamoured with April and tries to steal her away from Perry.Actors
Dana Andrews
(Perry Ashwell)
Lilli Palmer
(April Ashwell)
Louis Jourdan
(Octavio Quaglini)
Jane Wyatt
(Miss Darlington)
Norman Lloyd
(Dr. Sturdivant)
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