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Heller in Pink Tights (1960) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 7, 2005
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Studio Carlo Ponti Productions, Paramount
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Other Titles
• Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
• Die Dame und der Killer (1960)
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama, Western, On The Road, Showbiz, Satire, Police, Thieves
Plot: The only Western director George Cukor ever made, HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS is a comedy about show business with satirical commentary on the Western genre. The film, based on a novel by Louis L’Amour and full of witty exchanges and a striking visual style, concerns a vaudeville troupe that stays one step ahead of the bill collector as it tours the frontier circa 1880. The central premise finds ringleaders Angela Rossini (Sophia Loren) and Tom Healy (Anthony Quinn) needing a more flamboyant act than normal in order to entertain the citizens of the wild West. The film and the novel are based upon the unconventional theatrical career of Adah Isaacs Menken, whose perennial equestrian role became legendary in the 19th century. HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS was Walter Bernstein’s first script since he was blacklisted in the 1950s, and his efforts, together with a fine score and impressive cinematography, helped Cukor capture a legendary era.
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| Directed by |
George Cukor
Gone with the Wind, My Fair Lady, The Philadelphia Story |
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| Written by |
Walter Bernstein
The Legend of Billie Jean, The Front, The House on Carroll Street | |
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| Music By |
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Song of the South, Letter from an Unknown Woman, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel |
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