Seven Sinners (1940 film)
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Budget 760,000 USD Duration Country United States | 7/10 Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 25, 1940 (1940-10-25) Cast (Bijou Blanche), (Lieutenant Dan Brent), (Dr. Martin), (Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan), (Dorothy Henderson), (Sasha Mencken) Similar movies John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich appear in Seven Sinners and Pittsburgh Tagline The controversial life of torch singer Bijou Blanche (Dietrich), who has been kicked off one South Seas island after another. |
Seven sinners 1936 thriller
Seven Sinners (UK title Cafe of the Seven Sinners) is a 1940 American comedy drama romance film directed by Tay Garnett starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in the first of three films they made together. The film was produced by Universal Pictures in black and white.
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Plot

The film spotlights the controversial life of torch singer Bijou Blanche (Dietrich), who has been kicked off one South Seas island after another. She is accompanied by naval deserter Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan (Broderick Crawford) and magician/pickpocket Sasha Mencken (Mischa Auer). Eventually, she meets a handsome, young naval officer, Lt. Dan Brent (Wayne), and the two fall in love. When Brent vows to marry Bijou, his commander and others plead with him to leave her.
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Remake

In 1950, the film was remade as South Sea Sinner, starring Macdonald Carey and Shelley Winters.





References
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