Marked Woman
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In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Top Cast
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Bette Davis
Mary Dwight Strauber
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Humphrey Bogart
David Graham
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Lola Lane
Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin
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Isabel Jewell
Emmy Lou Eagan
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Rosalind Marquis
Florrie Liggett
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Mayo Methot
Estelle Porter
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Jane Bryan
Betty Strauber
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Allen Jenkins
Louie
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Eduardo Ciannelli
Johnny Vanning
Overview
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Rating
6.6
/ 10
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1 Reviews
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John Chard7.5 Feb 22, 2014Hostesses Arrested In “Clip-Joint” Murder. Marked Woman is directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen and Abem Finkel. It stars Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Mayo Methot and Eduardo Ciannelli. Music is collectively arranged by Bernhard Kaun, Heinz Roemheld and David Raksin, and cinematography by George Barnes. In spite of the film’s disclaimer put out at the pic’s beginning, Marked Woman is an adaptation of the real life case of Lucky Luciano, who the previous year was found guilty of compulsory prostitution after sterling work by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Ciannelli plays Luciano as Johnny Vanning, Bogart plays Dewey as David Graham and Davis is “madame” Cokey Flo Brown as Mary Dwight Strauber. Unsurprisingly for the time it was made, Marked Woman is a distinctly sanitised version of events, full of euphemisms and hinted at unlawfulness, with the beatings et al off camera. However, it still packs a punch, both in narrative thrust as the underworld shenanigans are brought to life, and as an acting curio to see the young Davis and Bogart bouncing off each other before their respective stars were about to be ignited with petroleum. Interesting aspect of the picture is that it is in essence a gangster movie, with a good guy/bad guy scenario at the core, yet it’s the women who rightly dominate the story. The girls are held up as bastions of hardship and heroism, and it gives the production a riveting edge, as well as some much needed glamour in amongst the sordid machinations. Well acted, well told and well interesting. 7.5/10
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