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Feb 15, 2020 · Specter of the Rose is a 1946 film noir thriller film written and directed by Ben Hecht and starring Dame Judith Anderson, Ivan Kirov, Viola Essen, Michael...
- 90 min
Aug 5, 2019 · Turning up at the dance studio is homicide detective Specs McFarlan (Charles ‘Red’ Marshall) with the brash bohemian poet Lionel Gans (Lionel Stander), who is crushed Haidi ignores him and runs after Andre. Lionel brought the cop along to question Andre about his wife’s death.
Specter of the Rose. A ballet principal (Ivan Kirov) looks at his ballerina wife (Viola Essen) and thinks of murder. Rent Specter of the Rose on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime...
- Ben Hecht
- Drama
Time Out says. A ballet melodrama with a score by George Antheil, this is one of eight pictures directed by the legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's most grizzled cynics.
Review by Lencho of the Apes ★★★★ Pitch-perfect high-camp satire of ballet culture disguised as a suspense thriller/murder mystery film noir. Loopy and esoteric as all get-out, but often laugh-out-loud funny, and filled to bursting with quotable lines of archly plummy dialogue.
- Ben Hecht
- Republic Pictures
One of the strangest Film Noirs that I've come across. My wife & I's second film out of the 50 in the Noir Bar book by Eddie Mueller. I must say I enjoyed the cocktail of the same name, Specter of the Rose, much more than film. Very campy and certainly original but can't imagine watching it, again.
Specter of the Rose is a 1946 American film noir thriller film written and directed by Ben Hecht and starring Judith Anderson, Ivan Kirov, Viola Essen, Michael Chekhov, and Lionel Stander, with choreography by Tamara Geva, and music by George Antheil.
