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Portrait in Black is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Lowell Rich released in USA on 27 july 1960 with Lana Turner
Portrait in Black (1960)
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Add to a movie listPortrait in Black is a 1960 American neo-noir crime drama/thriller film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. Produced by Ross Hunter, the film was based on the play of the same by name by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who also wrote the screenplay. The film was distributed by Universal-International. This was the final film appearance by veteran actress Anna May Wong.
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Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) becomes increasingly disturbed as she cares for her ailing, disagreeable husband (Lloyd Nolan). Along the way, she falls in love with Dr. David Rivera (Anthony Quinn), who is tending her husband. This leads to a series of unfortunate events, resulting in the death of the husband and an ensuing murder investigation.Actors
Lana Turner
(Sheila Cabot)
Anthony Quinn
(Dr. David Rivera)
Richard Basehart
(Howard Mason)
John Forsythe
Sandra Dee
(Cathy Cabot)
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