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Actors and Sin (1951)

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Film details

Featuring

Edward G. Robinson Marsha Hunt Dan O'Herlihy
Country

USA
Year

1951
Genre

Anthology
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Concerning a Woman of Sin Alternative
Actor's Blood Alternative
Woman of Sin Alternative

Synopsis

Two short stories concerned with the theatre and Hollywood: ACTOR'S BLOOD - An ageing and unsuccessful Shakespearean actor has a daughter who makes her suicide appear as murder. WOMAN OF SIN - A fast-talking unprincipled agent sells a lush romantic story to a big studio, and discovers the author to be a horrid little girl of nine.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Maurice Tillayou
    
    Edward G. Robinson
  - Marcia Tillayou
    
    Marsha Hunt
  - Alfred O'Shea
    
    Dan O'Herlihy
  - Otto Lachsley
    
    Rudolph Anders
  - Tommy
    
    Alice Key
  - Clyde Veering
    
    Ric Roman
  - Orlando Higgens
    
    Eddie Albert
  - J. B. Cobb
    
    Alan Reed
  - Miss Flannigan
    
    Tracey Roberts
  - Mr. Blue
    
    Paul Guilfoyle
  - Mr. Devlin
    
    Douglas Evans
  - Daisy Marcher
    
    Jenny Hecht
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ben Hecht
  - Production Company
    
    Sid Kuller Productions
  - Producer
    
    Ben Hecht
  - Script
    
    Ben Hecht
  - Director of Photography
    
    Lee Garmes
  - Photography
    
    Lee Garmes
  - Editor
    
    Otto Ludwig
  - Sets
    
    Howard Bristol
  - Music
    
    George Antheil

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