Actors and Sin

Ben Hecht
1952-06-18

What goes on when the greasepaint comes off?
5.2
82 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Edward G. Robinson Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood) Unowned
Eddie Albert Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin) Unowned
Marsha Hunt Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood) Unowned
Alan Reed Jerome "JB" Cobb (segment Woman of Sin) Unowned
Dan O'Herlihy Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood) Unowned
Tracey Roberts Miss Flanagan (segment Woman of Sin) Unowned
Jenny Hecht Millicent Egelhofer / Daisy Marcher (segment Woman of Sin) Unowned
Alan Reed J.B Cobb Unowned
John Crawford Movie Hero Unowned
Peter Brocco Mr. Herbert Unowned
Paul Guilfoyle Mr. Blue Unowned
Jody Gilbert Mrs. Egelhofer Unowned
George Keymas Producer Unowned
Betty Field Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage) Unowned
Louis B. Mayer Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage) Unowned
Ben Hecht Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice) Unowned
Kathleen Mulqueen Miss Wright (segment Woman of Sin) Unowned