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Marked Woman

Name: Marked Woman
Released: 1937-04-10T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.6

The star teaming you'll never forget!

1937 • 96 min • ★ 6.6 (78) • Released

Crime Drama Thriller

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

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Original title: Marked Woman
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

Feb 22, 2014 · via TMDB

★ 7.5

Hostesses Arrested In “Clip-Joint” Murder. Marked Woman is directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen and Abem Finkel. It stars Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Mayo Methot and Eduardo Ciannelli. Music is collectively arranged by Bernhard Kaun, Heinz Roemheld and David Raksin, and cinematography by George Barnes. In spite of the film’s disclaimer put out at the pic’s beginning, Marked Woman is an adaptation of the real life case of Lucky Luciano, who the previous year was found guilty of compulsory prostitution after sterling work by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Ciannelli plays Luciano as Johnny Vanning, Bogart plays Dewey as David Graham and Davis is “madame” Cokey Flo Brown as Mary Dwight Strauber. Unsurprisingly for the time it was made, Marked Woman is a distinctly sanitised version of events, full of euphemisms and hinted at unlawfulness, with the beatings et al off camera. However, it still packs a punch, both in narrative thrust as the underworld shenanigans are brought to life, and as an acting curio to see the young Davis and Bogart bouncing off each other before their respective stars were about to be ignited with petroleum. Interesting aspect of the picture is that it is in essence a gangster movie, with a good guy/bad guy scenario at the core, yet it’s the women who rightly dominate the story. The girls are held up as bastions of hardship and heroism, and it gives the production a riveting edge, as well as some much needed glamour in amongst the sordid machinations. Well acted, well told and well interesting. 7.5/10

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Cast 59

Bette Davis

Mary Dwight Strauber

Humphrey Bogart

David Graham

Lola Lane

Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin

Isabel Jewell

Emmy Lou Eagan

Rosalind Marquis

Florrie Liggett

Mayo Methot

Estelle Porter

Jane Bryan

Betty Strauber

Allen Jenkins

Louie

Eduardo Ciannelli

Johnny Vanning

John Litel

Gordon

Ben Welden

Charlie Delaney

Damian O'Flynn

Ralph Krawford

Henry O'Neill

Arthur Sheldon

Raymond Hatton

Vanning's Lawyer

William B. Davidson

Bob Crandall

Kenneth Harlan

Eddie

Robert Strange

George Beler

Archie Robbins

Bell Captain

Arthur Aylesworth

Mr. Truble

John Sheehan

Vincent

Edwin Stanley

Ferguson

Jack Norton

Drunk

Guy Usher

Detective Ferguson (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Smith (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Sad Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Photographer (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Wendell Niles

Radio News Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Club Piano-Mover (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Gambler (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Man Bringing Coroner's Report (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Man in Line-Up (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Man Next to Little Joe (uncredited)

Dorothy Tree

Woman in Raid (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Reporter #2 (voice) (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.

Reporter #3 (voice) (uncredited)

John Harron

Cabbie #1 (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jury Foreman #2 (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)

Charles K. French

Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Club Intimate Doorman (uncredited)

Philip Sleeman

Croupier (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Court Clerk #1 (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

Court Clerk #2 (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Court Clerk #2 (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Judge #2 (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

Club Patron / Courtroom Cop (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Dancing Club Patron (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Dancing Club Patron (uncredited)

Leo White

Waiter (uncredited)

Norman Willis

Henchman (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch

Second Juror #2 (uncredited)

Edwin August

Juror (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Dancing Club Patron (uncredited)

Crew 13

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Eugene Joseff

Other

Seton I. Miller

Additional Dialogue

David Raksin

Additional Music

Michael Curtiz

Co-Director

Lloyd Bacon

Director

Jack L. Warner

Executive In Charge Of Production

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Harry Warren

Original Music Composer

Heinz Roemheld

Original Music Composer

Harry Warren

Lyricist

Robert Rossen

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US Release Dates 1

Apr 10, 1937

NR Theatrical