Portrait in Black
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Screenplay by |
Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Based on | the play Portrait in Black by Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Starring |
Lana Turner Anthony Quinn |
| Music by |
Inez James Buddy Pepper Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Distributed by | Universal-International |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.4 million |
| Box office | $9.2 million |
Portrait 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.
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.
Portrait in Black was filmed on in and around San Francisco, including a sequence at Devil's Slide on the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1).
Portrait in Black was released on DVD in Region 1 as a Lana Turner double feature with Madame X by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on February 5, 2008.
The film was based on a play which premiered in London at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1946 was at Penge Empire w/c 23 September 1946 and had a short run on Broadway the following year. The writers, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, had worked on it for 13 months.
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