1956 teleplay The Prowler on Climax! by William Durkee
Produced by
John Farrow
Starring
Diana Dors
Rod Steiger
Tom Tryon
Beulah Bondi
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Edited by
Eda Warren
Music by
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Production companies
RKO Radio Pictures John Farrow Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release dates
October 1957 (1957-10) (United States)
March 6, 1958 (1958-03-06) (New York City)
Running time
94 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
The Unholy Wife is a 1957 Technicolor film noir crime film produced and directed by John Farrow at RKO Radio Pictures, but released by Universal Pictures as RKO was in the process of ceasing its film activities. The film features Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon and Beulah Bondi.[1][2] The screenplay was written by William Durkee and Jonathan Latimer
The plot concerns a femme fatale named Phyllis (Diana Dors) who tells her sordid story from her prison cell in flashback.
Dors later said the film "wasn't good. They edited it badly."[3] The movie's box office failure hurt her career.[4]
^Harrison's Reports review; August 31, 1957, page 138.
^Variety film review, September 4, 1957, page 6.
^Smith, Jan (9 November 1963). "The Night-Club Dors Learning her lessons in the big cruel world". The Bulletin. p. 22.
^Vagg, Stephen (September 7, 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
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