Heller in Pink Tights Movie Review 1960

Offbeast western, based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, that follows the adventures of a seedy vaudeville troupe in the 1880s. Manager Tom Healy (Quinn) stays barely ahead of his creditors, with Angela (Loren) as his leading asset (and Loren's assets are the film's highlight). She dallys with gunslinger Clint Mabry (Forest), who pursues her out of town and there's an Indian attack and more gunslinging until the troupe manages to find a safe haven. The story was hardly sophisticated director Cukor's specialty, which may account for the unbelievable characters and confused plot.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Books to Film: Louis L'Amour

Screenplay

Walter Bernstein

Cast

Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O'Brien, Steve Forrest, Edmund Lowe, Ramon Novarro, Eileen Heckart

Cinematography

Harold Lipstein

Director

George Cukor

Music

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Producer

Paramount Pictures