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The Unholy Wife is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 24 june 1957 with Diana Dors
The Unholy Wife (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Unholy Wife is an American 1957 color film noir drama film produced and directed by John Farrow at RKO Radio Pictures, but released by Universal-International as RKO was in the process of ceasing its film activities. The film features Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon and Beulah Bondi. The screenplay was written by William Durkee and Jonathan Latimer
The film is about a femme fatale named Phyllis (Diana Dors) who tells her sordid story from her prison cell in flashback.
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The film begins with Phyllis (Diana Dors) telling her story in flashbacks. It begins how she meets rich vintner Paul Hochen (Rod Steiger) from Napa Valley in a bar and marries him soon after.Actors
Diana Dors
(Phyllis Hochen)
Jonathan Latimer
Rod Steiger
(Paul Hochen)
Tom Tryon
(San Sanders)
Beulah Bondi
(Emma Hochen)
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