- Seven Sinners
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name = Seven Sinners
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director =Tay Garnett
producer =Joe Pasternak
writer =Ladislas Fodor John Meehan
Harry Tugend
László Vadnay
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starring =John Wayne Marlene Dietrich
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cinematography = Rudolph Maté
editing = Ted J. Kent
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =25 October 1940
runtime = 87 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget = $760,000 (estimated)
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imdb_id = 0033038"Seven Sinners" (UK title "Cafe of the Seven Sinners") is a 1940 comedic
romance film starringMarlene Dietrich andJohn Wayne .Produced by
Universal Pictures in black and white, the film spotlights the controversial life of torch singer Bijou Blanche (Dietrich), who has been kicked off one South Seas island after another. She is accompanied by Naval deserter Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan (Broderick Crawford ) and magician/pickpocket Sasha Mencken (Mischa Auer ). Eventually, she encounters a young, handsome naval officer, Lt. Dan Brent (Wayne), and the two fall in love. When Brent vows to marry Bijou, his commander and others plead with him to leave her. Light on plot, the film is dominated by colorful performances, including the singing of Dietrich, and a memorable fight scene that virtually destroys a bar. This was the first of three films that Dietrich and Wayne made together.Cast
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Marlene Dietrich - Bijou Blanche
*John Wayne - Lt. Dan Brent
*Albert Dekker - Dr. Martin
*Broderick Crawford - Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan
*Anna Lee - Dorothy Henderson
*Mischa Auer - Sasha Mencken
*Billy Gilbert - Tony
*Richard Carle - District Officer
*Samuel S. Hinds - Gov. Harvey Henderson
*Oskar Homolka - Antro
* Reginald Denny - Capt. Church
*Vince Barnett - Bartender
*Herbert Rawlinson - First Mate
* James Craig - Ensign
*William Bakewell - Ens. Judsonee also
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John Wayne filmography (1926-1940) External links
*imdb title|id=0033038|title=Seven Sinners
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