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Heller in Pink Tights

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Tom Healy (Anthony Quinn) and his traveling stage show are on the run from creditors, thanks to Angela Rossini (Sophia Loren), his seductive leading lady. After arriving in Cheyenne, Wyo., the troupe gets mixed up with a shady banker (Ramon Novarro) and a gunslinger, Clint Mabry (Steve Forrest). When Mabry is forced to join the show, he becomes Tom's rival for Angela's affections. After a dangerous trek and a shootout, everything culminates in a show-stopping opera production.
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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 09/06/2009
Cukor never loses sight of the theatricality which infuses both the fanciful incarnations of the saltimbanques and the genre conventions of the Western Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 08/08/2008
Strange mix of show-biz saga and Western, inventively styled. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/03/2006
C+
It's one of the rare Westerns that explores the barnstorming troupes in the Old West of the 19th-century. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/11/2006
B-
More a comedy about showbiz that Western per se, Cukor's foray into the horseopera genre, based on Louis L'Amour novella, stars Sophia Loren as the leading lady of a troupe touring the frontier. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve S @RT32687682 11/23/2014 ***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.*** See more 09/05/2010 This movie is really fun, and I liked Loren's character, she gives a good performance in this movie. I really liked this movie. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 06/14/2010 Heller in Pink Tights is a fun movie. Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn worked well together. The screenplay is well written. George Cukor did a good job directing this film. I enjoyed watching this movie because of the enjoyable characters. Heller in Pink Tights is a must see movie if you're a fan of Loren or Quinn. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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George Cukor

Director

Anthony Quinn

Tom Healy

Sophia Loren

Angela Rossini

Eileen Heckart

Mrs. Lorna Hathaway

Margaret O'Brien

Della Southby

Steve Forrest

Clint Mabry
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Synopsis Tom Healy (Anthony Quinn) and his traveling stage show are on the run from creditors, thanks to Angela Rossini (Sophia Loren), his seductive leading lady. After arriving in Cheyenne, Wyo., the troupe gets mixed up with a shady banker (Ramon Novarro) and a gunslinger, Clint Mabry (Steve Forrest). When Mabry is forced to join the show, he becomes Tom's rival for Angela's affections. After a dangerous trek and a shootout, everything culminates in a show-stopping opera production.
Director
George Cukor
Producer
Carlo Ponti, Marcello Girosi
Screenwriter
Walter Bernstein, Louis L'Amour, Dudley Nichols
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 29, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Mono
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