Flame and the Flesh
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| Flame and the Flesh | |
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| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Helen Deutsch Auguste Bailly (novel) |
| Starring | Lana Turner Pier Angeli Carlos Thompson Bonar Colleano |
| Music by | Nicholas Brodszky |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Editing by | Albert Akst Raymond Poulton |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) |  1 May 1954 |
| Running time | 104 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Flame and the Flesh is a 1954 drama film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Joe Pasternak from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch based on the novel by Auguste Bailly. The music score was by Nicholas Brodszky and the cinematography by Christopher Challis.
The film stars Lana Turner, Pier Angeli and Carlos Thompson with Bonar Colleano.
[edit] Background and production
The film is a remake of a 1938 French film, Naples au baiser de feu, also known in the USA as The Kiss of Fire, itself a remake of a 1925 French silent film of the same name. Both earlier versions were based on the same novel.
The film was shot in London and Naples, Italy.
In this film, Lana Turner, famously blonde, appears as a brunette.
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