The Revolt of Mamie Stover

May 11, 1956

1h 32m

★ 6.5

Why Did Mamie Stover Have to Leave San Francisco?

Overview

In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Mamie Stover

Jane Russell

Jim Blair

Richard Egan

Annalee Johnson

Joan Leslie

Bertha Parchman

Agnes Moorehead

Jackie

Jorja Curtright

Harry Adkins

Michael Pate

Capt. Eldon Sumac

Richard Coogan

Capitaine Gorecki

Alan Reed

Tarzan

Eddie Firestone

Gladys

Jean Willes

Aki

Leon Lontoc

Zelda

Kathy Marlowe

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