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- Layered with great performances and an interesting story, The Lady in Red is a good, if somewhat dull exploitative play-by-play of the events that lead to Dillinger's death.
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The Woman in Red is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Gene Wilder. Wilder also wrote the script, adapting it from the Yves Robert film Pardon Mon Affaire (Sorry My Affair) (Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive)).
The John Sayles-scripted, Julie Corman-produced, Lewis Teague-directed 1978 gangster opus “Lady in Red” (aka “Touch Me and Die”) is my candidate for most ambitious film ever made at Roger Corman’s New World Pictures.
THE LADY IN RED is a fun and frenetic American crime film that explores the career of gangster John Dillinger through the eyes of his moll, the titular character as played by Pamela Sue Martin. This is an unashamed B-movie which makes up in action and violent incident what it lacks in budget and originality.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Historical. Rating: 6 (from 1 vote) Review: During the Depression, Polly Franklin (Pamela Sue Martin) is the daughter of a strictly religious farmer, but dreams one day of becoming a dancer.
- Lewis Teague
- 6 (from 1 vote)
- Drama, Thriller, Historical
- 1979
The film tells a 1930s crime story of a poor farmer's daughter who leaves for Chicago, where she is sent to prison, works as a prostitute, falls in love with notorious criminal John Dillinger, witnesses his death, and finally tries bank robbery.
Lewis Teague’s sharp direction and John Sayles’ pulpy yet naturalistic commentary elevate The Lady In Red, its narrative a sprawling depression-era epic that’s equally bloody exploitation thrills and gritty social realism.
