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- Directed by John M. Stahl, Strictly Dishonorable is, first and foremost, a filmed play, and that's both a plus and a minus. On the plus side, Sturges' script was used almost verbatim with only a handful of cuts and minor changes, so the movie serves as a decent archival record of the show.
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During a night on the town with her pretentious husband-to-be, Henry Greene (George Meeker), down-to-earth southern gal Isabelle Perry (Sidney Fox) catches the eye of Gus Di Ruvo (Paul Lukas), a...
- Strictly Dishonorable (1951) | Rotten Tomatoes
An Italian opera star (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of...
- Strictly Dishonorable - Movie Reviews | Rotten Tomatoes
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- Strictly Dishonorable (1951) | Rotten Tomatoes
Strictly Dishonorable is a 1951 romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, and starring Ezio Pinza and Janet Leigh. It is the second film to be based on Preston Sturges' 1929 hit Broadway play of the same name after a pre-Code film released by Universal Pictures in 1931 with the same title.
An Italian opera star (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of convenience with an innocent fan (Janet Leigh) from Mississippi.
- Comedy
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
REVIEW: With so many new films, made-for-TV and straight-to-video films coming out on DVD, it is a crime that minor masterpieces like this are still not available -- even on video tape! I have wanted to see this film for years as I am both a serious film buff and a Preston Sturges fan.
Strictly Dishonorable Preston Sturges' by-now venerable legit comedy comes to the screen as an amusing celluloid treatment of the loves and life of a romantic opera star...
Strictly Dishonorable: Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. With Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins. An Italian opera singer (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of convenience with an innocent fan (Janet Leigh) from Mississippi.
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