Screenplay:
Ben HechtCinematography:
Lee GarmesComposer:
George AntheilCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy, Peter Brocco, George Keymas, John Crawford, Ric Roman, Kathleen Mulqueen, Joseph Mell (more)Plots(1)
Part One, "Actor's Blood", is based on a Ben Hecht tale of theatrical intrigue. Edward G. Robinson plays a Barrymoresque Shakespearean actor whose obsessive control of the life and career of his actress-daughter Marsha Hunt results in disaster. Part Two, "Woman of Sin", is another Ben Hecht yarn, this one satirical in nature. Eddie Albert stars as a Hollywood agent who'd sell his Grandmother to represent the author of a sensationally sexy screenplay titled, yes, Woman of Sin. Much to Albert's surprise (but not ours), the author turns out to be a precocious 9-year-old girl, played by Hecht's own daughter Jenny. Ostensibly directed by Ben Hecht (who also produced), Actors and Sin was largely helmed by cinematographer Lee Garmes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Eddie Albert
USA
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Longest Day (1962)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Marsha Hunt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Dan O'Herlihy
Ireland
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
George Keymas
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
Ric Roman
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Big Heat (1953)
Kathleen Mulqueen
USA
Best movies:
Marty (1955)
Lover Come Back (1961)
The Rack (1956)
Joseph Mell
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Jody Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Ninotchka (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Alan Reed
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation) - a.f.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Paul Guilfoyle
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
George Baxter
France
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Jack L. Warner (a.f.)
Canada
Tracey Roberts
USA
Best movies:
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Fort Defiance (1951)
Sam Whiskey (1969)
Louis B. Mayer (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Douglas Evans
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Big Heat (1953)
From the Terrace (1960)
Rudolph Anders
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Act of Violence (1948)