Portrait in Black

Infobox Film
name=Portrait in Black


director=Michael Gordon
producer=Ross Hunter
writer=Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
starring=Lana Turner
Anthony Quinn
music=Inez James
Buddy Pepper
Frank Skinner
cinematography=Russell Metty
editing=Milton Carruth
runtime=112 min
distributor=Universal
released=27 July 1960
country=USA
language=English
imdb_id=0054197

"Portrait in Black" (1960) is a thriller released by Universal International. Produced by Ross Hunter, who also produced "Airport" (1970) and other films for Universal, the film starred Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. The film was noteworthy for its extensive location filming in and around San Francisco, including a spectacular sequence at Devil's Slide on the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1). It also was the final film in which veteran actress Anna May Wong appeared. [American Movie Classics]

tory

Based on a play, Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) becomes increasingly disturbed as she cares for her ailing, disagreeable husband (Lloyd Nolan). Along the way, she falls in love with Dr. David Rivera (Anthony Quinn), who is tending her husband. This leads to a series of unfortunate events, resulting in the death of the husband and an ensuing murder investigation.

Cast and Crew

The cast and crew for the Technicolor production included: [IMDB wesbsite]

*Lana Turner ... Sheila Cabot
*Anthony Quinn ... Dr. David Rivera
*Richard Basehart ... Howard Mason
*Sandra Dee ... Cathy Cabot
*John Saxon ... Blake Richards
*Ray Walston ... Cobb
*Virginia Grey ... Miss Lee
*Anna May Wong ... Tawny
*Dennis Kohler ... Peter Cabot
*Lloyd Nolan ... Matthew S. Cabot
*Elizabeth Chan ... Chinese dancer
*John Wengraf ... Dr. Kessler
*John McNamara ... Minister
*George Womack ... Foreman
*Paul Birch ... Detective lieutenant
*Robert P. Lieb (as Robert Lieb)
*James Nolan ... Detective
*Richard Norris ... Mr. Corbin
*Jack Bryan ... Patrolman (uncredited)
*Harold Goodwin ... Patrolman (uncredited)
*Harold Miller ... Funeral Guest (uncredited)
*William H. O'Brien ... Sheila's Chauffeur (uncredited)
*Henry S. Quan ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
*Charles P. Thompson ... Sid (uncredited)

*Produced by Ross Hunter
*Directed by Michael Gordon
*Screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts
*Original Music by Inez James, Buddy Pepper, and Frank Skinner
*Cinematography by Russell Metty
*Film Editing by Milton Carruth
*Art Direction by Richard H. Riedel
*Set Decoration by Julia Heron
*Costume Design by Jean Louis
*Makeup by Bud Westmore
*Music supervision by Joseph Gershenson
*Script supervision by Dolores Rubin
*Jewels by David Webb

Footnotes

Home video release

"Portrait in Black" was released on DVD in Region 1 as a Lana Turner double feature with "Madame X" by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on February 5, 2008.

External links

*imdb title|0054197