Seven Sinners

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Seven Sinners
Directed by	Tay Garnett
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Written by	Ladislas Fodor John Meehan Harry Tugend László Vadnay
Starring	John Wayne Marlene Dietrich
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté
Editing by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	25 October 1940
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$760,000 (estimated)
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Seven Sinners (UK title Cafe of the Seven Sinners) is a 1940 film staring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne. Produced by Universal Pictures in black and white, the film spotlights the controversial life of torch singer Bijou Blanche, 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 (John 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.