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Actors and Sin

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Actors and Sin

What goes on when the greasepaint comes off?

5.2

1h 22m

1952

“What goes on when the greasepaint comes off?”

Synopsis

Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old boy--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.

Director

Ben Hecht

Trailer

ComedyDrama

broadwayactor

Cast & Crew

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

as Jerome "JB" Cobb (segment Woman of Sin)

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)

Tracey Roberts

Tracey Roberts

as Miss Flanagan (segment Woman of Sin)

Jenny Hecht

as Millicent Egelhofer / Daisy Marcher (segment Woman of Sin)

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

as J.B Cobb

John Crawford

John Crawford

as Movie Hero

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