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Over-Exposed is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lewis Seiler released in USA on 1 april 1956 with Cleo Moore

Over-Exposed (1956)

Over-Exposed
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Released in USA 1 april 1956
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Noir,    Crime
Rating60% 3.043943.043943.043943.043943.04394

Over-Exposed was a 1956 film directed by Lewis Seiler starring Cleo Moore and Richard Crenna.

This film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures in 2010 as part of the Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume II collection.

Synopsis

Ambitious and vivacious Lily Krenshka is new in town, and is arrested for soliciting drinks and rolling drunks. She is told by the police to take the next bus out of town. Lily asks photographer Max West not to print her arrest photo. He offers to pay her for swimsuit poses, and, never one to overlook an opportunity, she learns the art of photography from him. After awhile, she sets out for New York to start a new career, changing her name to Lila Crane at Max's suggestion.

Actors

Cleo Moore

(Lily Krenshka / Lila Crane)
Richard Crenna

(Russell Bassett)
Raymond Greenleaf

(Max West, Photographer)
Jack Albertson

(Les Bauer (uncredited))
Constance Towers

(Shirley Thomas)
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