Wicked Woman

Dec 9, 1953

1h 17m

★ 5.2

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

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

7.0

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6.0

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7.2

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0.0

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6.4

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8.3

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7.9

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7.5

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7.6

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4.6

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4.7

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7.5

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7.6

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7.6

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6.4

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