Wicked Woman

Dec 9, 1953

1h 17m

★ 5.1

THE STORY NO ONE DARED TO TELL - UNTIL NOW !

Overview

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Edward Small Productions

Wicked Woman Trailers

Cast

Billie Nash

Beverly Michaels

Matt Bannister

Richard Egan

Charlie Borg

Percy Helton

Dora Bannister

Evelyn Scott

Larry Lowry

Robert Osterloh

Gus

William Phillips

Bill Porter (lawyer)

Frank Ferguson

Mrs. Walters

Bernadene Hayes

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

8.3

Sunset Boulevard

Aug 10, 1950

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

7.4

Scarface

Apr 9, 1932

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

7.6

Sweet Smell of Success

Jul 4, 1957

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

7.3

Bad Day at Black Rock

Jan 13, 1955

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

7.4

Fury

Jun 5, 1936

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

7.0

Black Gravel

Apr 12, 1961

Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

3.6

Strange Triangle

May 17, 1946

In this drama, a seductive woman uses her wiles upon both a traveling bank examiner and a manager to whom she is married. This woman has expensive taste and ends up spending all of her husband's money. She then begins trying to seduce the bank examiner, who doesn't know she is married to the manager.

6.5

Deception

Oct 26, 1946

After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

6.0

Impact

Mar 20, 1949

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

6.1

Slightly Scarlet

Feb 29, 1956

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.

6.2

The Bribe

Feb 3, 1949

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

6.6

Shadow on the Wall

May 19, 1950

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.

6.2

Split Second

May 2, 1953

Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

5.5

The Sellout

May 30, 1952

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

5.6

Appointment with Danger

Mar 31, 1950

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

6.7

Odds Against Tomorrow

Oct 15, 1959

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

6.0

Desert Fury

Aug 15, 1947

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

6.5

I Walk Alone

Dec 31, 1947

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.

7.6

Daybreak

Jun 9, 1939

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.