Party Girl (1958 film)

Infobox Film | name = Party Girl


caption = German movie poster
director = Nicholas Ray
producer = Joe Pasternak
writer = Leo Katcher (story)
George Wells
starring =Robert Taylor
Cyd Charisse
Lee J. Cobb
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cinematography =
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distributor = MGM
released = October 28, 1958 (U.S. release)
runtime = 99 min
language = English
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imdb_id = 0052050

"Party Girl" is a 1958 film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse. Charisse performs two dance routines in the color gangster film. "Party Girl" marked the last film Robert Taylor did under contract for MGM.

Plot

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life then winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Critical reaction

The film today is considered a cult film by some. TV Guide's review of the film praised the films performances:

"PARTY GIRL offers only a standard story, but director Ray makes more of it through clever setups and inventive techniques, drawing forth excellent performances from Taylor (who is playing a role loosely based on Dixie Davis, lawyer for mob boss Dutch Schultz of New York, who later turned informant and married a beautiful showgirl). Cobb turns in a "Wild-Man-of-Borneo" performance wherein he not only eats the scenery but spits it out and chews on it again and again. Charisse, who performs two sensuous nightclub dances, does a commendable job with her cliché role." [http://online.tvguide.com/movies/database/Movie-Review.asp?MI=10247]

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*imdb title|id=0052050|title=Party Girl (1958)