The Murder Men (later presented as an episode of the TV show Cain's Hundred which was called Blues for a Junkman, in 1962)[1] is a 1961 film starring Peter Mark Richman, James Coburn, and Dorothy Dandridge.

The Murder Men
Directed byJohn Peyser
Written byMel Goldberg
StarringMark Richman
Dorothy Dandridge
James Coburn
Joe Mantell
CinematographyHarold E. Wellman
Edited byWilliam B. Gulick
John Sheets
Music byJeff Alexander
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
CountryUnited States

Plot

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Norma Sherman, is a night-club singer and addict who, upon being released from jail, attempts to win back the love of her husband.[2]

Cast

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Reviews

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One commentator called Dorothy Dandridge's role in this film "one of (her) most interesting late performances".[2] This was her last film.

References

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  1. ^ Aberjhani; Sandra L. West (2003). "Dorothy Dandridge". Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Infobase. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9781438130170. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (1999). Captive bodies: postcolonial subjectivity in cinema. SUNY press. p. 184. ISBN 9780791441558. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
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