Portrait in Black

1960
A
1h 52m

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6.4/10

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Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee, Lana Turner, and John Saxon in Portrait in Black (1960)

After a married woman and her lover murder her cruel husband, they find themselves targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.After repressed wealthy Sheila Cabot and her physician lover Dr. David Rivera murder her cruel invalid husband Matthew, they are targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.

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1.9K

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Trivia
Lana Turner wears jewelry in this film reportedly worth over $1.1M at the time (nearly $11M in 2022).

Goofs
When Miss Lee approaches Cathy and Blake in the restaurant, Blake is holding a cup in his right hand and places it down. In the next shot, he's holding the cup in his left hand and puts it down again.

Quotes
Sheila Cabot: Oh don't leave me David, please don't go away!
Dr. David Rivera: I've got to go!
Sheila Cabot: But why Darling, why? I don't know what I'll do if you go!
Dr. David Rivera: I'm - I'm afraid of what I'll do if I stay!

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Edited into The Green Fog (2017)

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Standard suspenser is given the full Hollywood treatment.

A beautiful, but faithless woman(Lana Turner) plots with her handsome, but brooding doctor-lover(Anthony Quinn) to murder her sickly husband(Lloyd Nolan). No, there's nothing overly fancy about this suspense melodrama, in fact in content it's quite ordinary. But the movie is given Hollywood's full treatment with striking photography, splendid costuming and decor, and good performances by a capable cast. Trivia: this film reunited IMITATION OF LIFE producer Ross Hunter with that movie's stars Lana Turner and Sandra Dee. Having played mother and daughter in that film, Turner and Dee are stepmother and stepdaughter this time around.