Strictly Dishonorable (1951 film)
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Duration Language English | 5.9/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Romance Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Melvin Frank
Norman Panama Release date July 3, 1951 (US) Based on Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges Writer Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Preston Sturges (play) Directors Melvin Frank, Norman Panama Music director Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Lennie Hayton Screenplay Melvin Frank, Norman Panama Cast Ezio Pinza (Count Augustino Caraffa), Janet Leigh (Isabelle Perry), Millard Mitchell (Bill Dempsey), Gale Robbins (Marie Donnelly), Maria Palmer (Countess Lili Szadvany), Arthur Franz (Henry Greene) Similar movies Independence Day, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Salt, On the Road, The Phantom of the Opera, Empire of the Sun Tagline M-G-M's Hilarious Comedy from the Stage Hit! |
Strictly dishonorable original trailer
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.
Contents
- Strictly dishonorable original trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- Songs
- Production
- Reception
- Adaptations
- strictly dishonorable clip 3
- References

Plot

In New York in the 1920s, amorous opera star Augustino "Gus" Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) crosses paths with Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh), a naive music student from Mississippi who is his biggest fan. When a news photographer catches them in a kiss, it is proposed that they get married in name only to avoid a scandal. Isabelle, who is in love with Gus, agrees to the charade, hoping that he will eventually fall in love with her.
Cast
Songs
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Production
Preston Sturges approached MGM with the idea of doing a remake of Strictly Dishonorable with Ezio Pinza, and received $60,000 for the rights, but was disappointed when he was not hired to write the screenplay.
Strictly Dishonorable was in production from mid-January to mid-March 1951, and was released on 3 July of that year.
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $660,000 in the US and Canada and $221,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $664,000.
Adaptations
Lux Radio Theatre broadcast a radio adaptation of the film on December 8, 1952, with Janet Leigh reprising her role and Fernando Lamas replacing Pinza.
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References
Strictly Dishonorable (1951 film) WikipediaStrictly Dishonorable (1951 film) IMDbStrictly Dishonorable (1951 film) themoviedb.org