Nora Prentiss (1947)
| Release Date | 21 February 1947 |
| Tagline | A mouth like hers is just for kissing not for telling |
| Genre | Drama, Film-Noir |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Film Noir |
| Themes | Starting Over |
| Tones | Slick, Atmospheric, Moody |
| Tags | Accident, Alcoholism, Apartment, Arrest, Bad Woman, Car, Career, Conflict, Convict, Conviction, Death, Death Penalty, Death Row, Deception, Desperation, Divorce, Doctor/nurse, Emergency, Employment, Extramarital Affair, Fake, False Accusation, Family, Identity, Kill, Love, Lover, Marriage Problems, Motel, Moving, Murder Trial, Nerves, News, Nightclub, Opportunity, Paranoid, Partner, Plastic Surgery, Plight, Quiet, Refugee, Ruin, Sentence [penal System], Songwriter, Surgery, Trial [courtroom], Victim, Wife |
Nora Prentiss is a 1947 black-and-white drama film. It is shot in the film noir style. The film, considered by some to be a "woman's noir", was directed by Vincent Sherman, who bought the story for $2500 ($24,581 as of 2011),. Sherman also directed leading lady Ann Sheridan in another 1947 film noir, The Unfaithful. The cinematography is by famed cameraman James Wong Howe, and the music was composed by Franz Waxman.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Kent Smith
Dr. Richard Talbot aka Robert Thompson
Helen Brown
Miss Judson, Talbot's Nurse
Harry Shannon
San Francisco Homicide Lieutenant
Don McGuire
Truck Driver who Hits Nora
John Elliott
Chaplain
Tiny Jones
Flower Woman
Charles Marsh
Bailiff
Philo McCullough
Warden
Matt McHugh
Drunk
Wallace Scott
Drunk
John Alvin
Voice of SF Bay Ferry Boat Dispatcher
Jerry Baulch
Newspaper Man
Brooks Benedict
Patron at Dinardo's
Bill Best
Newspaper Man
Herb Caen
Newspaper Man
Dean Cameron
Rod, Piano Player
George Campeau
Man
Gertrude Carr
Birthday Party Guest
Eddy Chandler
Detective
John Compton
Reporter
Clancy Cooper
Policeman
Gino Corrado
Pete, Headwaiter at Dinardo's
Jack Daley
Newspaper Man
Ralph Dunn
New York Detective
Jack Ellis
Doorman
Ross Ford
Billy, Dinardo's Chauffeur
David Fresco
NYC Newsboy
Roy Gordon
Dr. Oberlin, NY Poly Clinic
Eddie Hart
Policeman
Fred Johnson
Newspaper Man
Charles Jordan
Court Clerk
Wilbur Mack
Jeweler
Bill McWilliams
Newspaper Man
Mike Musura
Newspaper Man
John Newland
Reporter
James Nickle
Newspaper Man
Louis Quince
Judge at Thompson's Trial
Ramon Ros
Reporter
Seymore Saner
Newspaper Man
Bert Stevens
Bunny's Birthday Party Guest
Adele St. Mauer
Nurse
Richard Walsh
Bystander
Lottie Williams
Lottie, Talbots' Maid
Tom Wilson
Courtroom Extra
Director
Writer
Paul Webster
Jack Sobell
N. Richard Nash
Producer
William Jacobs
producer
Jack L. Warner
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Owen Marks
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Art Director
Set Decorator
Walter F. Tilford
Costume Designer
Travilla
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Makeup Department
Perc Westmore
makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James McMahon
assistant director
Sound Department
Charles Lang
sound
Special Effects
Harry Barndollar
special effects
Edwin B. DuPar
special effects
Editorial Department
James Leicester
montage
Music Department
Leonid Raab
orchestrator
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
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