Three Bad Sisters
Three Bad Sisters | |
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Directed by | Gilbert Kay |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
Screenplay by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
Story by | Devery Freeman |
Starring |
Marla English Kathleen Hughes Sara Shane John Bromfield Jess Barker |
Music by | Paul Dunlap |
Cinematography | Lester Shorr |
Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
Production company |
Bel-Air Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Three Bad Sisters is a 1956 American drama film directed by Gilbert Kay and written by Gerald Drayson Adams. The film stars Marla English, Kathleen Hughes, Sara Shane, John Bromfield and Jess Barker. The film was released in January 1956, by United Artists.[1][2]
Plot
Valerie, Vicki and Lorna Craig are the daughters of a man worth $40 million who is killed in a Wyoming plane crash. The pilot, Jim Norton, was unharmed.
Jim is unable to fly while the crash is investigated. Valerie offers him $200,000 to seduce and abandon her sister Lorna, executor of their father's will. Lorna is engaged to George Gurney, their father's attorney. Jim finds her contemplating a leap off a high cliff into the water, dared by Valerie to do it.
Valerie threatens to frame Jim for murdering her father if he refuses to cooperate. Then sister Vicki makes romantic advances, trying to lure Jim away from her sister's clutches. Valerie lashes her with a whip, scarring her face. Vicki flees in a car, crashes it and is killed.
Jim proposes marriage to Lorna, who isn't sure if she can trust him. Valerie attempts to murder Lorna and make it look like an accident. When her scheme fails, Valerie, too, is killed in a speeding car. Jim goes to the cliff and discovers Lorna has made the leap. He dives into the water and saves her.
Cast
- Marla English as Vicki Craig
- Kathleen Hughes as Valerie Craig
- Sara Shane as Lorna Craig
- John Bromfield as Jim Norton
- Jess Barker as George Gurney
- Madge Kennedy as Martha Craig
- Anthony George as Tony Cadiz
- Marlene Felton as Nadine
References
- ↑ "Three Bad Sisters (1956) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ↑ "Three Bad Sisters". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2014.