Three Bad Sisters

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Three Bad Sisters
Three Bad Sisters poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGilbert Kay
Screenplay by Gerald Drayson Adams
Story by Devery Freeman
Produced by Howard W. Koch
Starring Marla English
Kathleen Hughes
Sara Shane
John Bromfield
Jess Barker
Cinematography Lester Shorr
Edited byJohn F. Schreyer
Music by Paul Dunlap
Production
company
Bel-Air Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • January 1956 (1956-01)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Three Bad Sisters is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Gilbert Kay, written by Gerald Drayson Adams and starring Marla English, Kathleen Hughes, Sara Shane, John Bromfield and Jess Barker. It was released in January 1956 by United Artists. [1] [2]

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Plot

Valerie, Vicki and Lorna Craig are the daughters of a man worth $40 million who is killed in a Wyoming plane crash. The pilot, Jim Norton, was unharmed.

Jim is unable to fly while the crash is investigated. Valerie offers him $200,000 to seduce and abandon her sister Lorna, executor of their father's will. Lorna is engaged to George Gurney, their father's attorney. Jim finds her contemplating a leap from a high cliff into the water, dared by Valerie to do it.

Valerie threatens to frame Jim for murdering her father if he refuses to cooperate. Then Vicki makes romantic advances, trying to lure Jim away from her sister's clutches. Valerie lashes her with a whip, scarring her face. Vicki flees in a car, crashes and is killed.

Jim proposes marriage to Lorna, who is unsure whether she can trust him. Valerie attempts to murder Lorna and stage it to appear to have been an accident. When her scheme fails, Valerie is killed in a speeding car. Jim goes to the cliff and discovers that Lorna has made the leap. He dives into the water and saves her.

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic A. H. Weiler wrote: "John Bromfield, who is surrounded by the titular trio of decorative but decidedly disturbed dames exposed in 'Three Bad Sisters,' is heard to remark, 'I'm tired of being blamed for what happens in this nut house.' Mr. Bromfield makes quite a point there. A viewer is likely to become just as weary after observing only part of the homicides, mayhem and stock romance exhibited in this artless little melodrama ... Despite their pulchitrude[ sic ] and riches, 'Three Bad Sisters' make one poor picture." [3]

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References

  1. "Three Bad Sisters (1956) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. "Three Bad Sisters". TV Guide. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  3. Weiler, A. H. (1956-02-13). "Screen: 'Three Bad Sisters' on View at Globe". The New York Times . p. 24.