Portrait of a Sinner
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Portrait of a Sinner (1961)
UK Title: The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
AIP Production #507 / 6006
Jeff and Cheryl explore the dysfunctional romance and psychological games in Portrait of a Sinner.
Produced by George Minter
Screenplay by Audrey Erksine-Lindop and Dudley Leslie
from the novel by Robin Maugham
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Starring:
Nadja Tiller as Ila Hansen
Tony Britton as Mike Thompson
William Bendix as Reg Barker
Natasha Parry as Margaret Goreham
Norman Wooland as David Fraser
Donald Wolfit as Lord Drewell
Additional Cast:
Tony Wright as Jack
Adrienne Corri as Jane Buller
Joyce Carey as Mrs. Thompson
John Welsh as Dr. Thompson
Martin Miller as Piggy
Michael Ward as Head Waiter
Edward Chapman as Willy Catch
Norman Pierce as Barman
Beatrice Varley as Hotel Mangeress
Myles Eason as Bobby Montagu-Jones
Cyril Smith as Taxi Driver
Geoffrey Bayldon as Ransom
John Breslin as John
Jimmy Charters as Lion Pub Patron (uncredited)
A Minter–Siodmak Production
An American International Picture
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Our open and close is comprised of clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
