The Lady in Red

1979

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 48% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1646 1.6K

dillinger

Plot summary

A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.

Director

Lewis Teague Photo
Lewis Teague

Top cast

Robert Hogan Photo
Robert Hogan as Jake Lingle
Michael Cavanaugh Photo
Michael Cavanaugh as Undercover Cop
Blackie Dammett Photo
Blackie Dammett as Immigration Officer
Christopher Lloyd Photo
Christopher Lloyd as Frognose
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
856.94 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 1
1.55 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Guy_T 7 / 10

Fun, Thrills, and Wholesale Cheese

Clearly a product of the Corman School, Sayles's first major screenplay shows that he already knew how to tell a great story from an interesting angle, something he has never forgotten how to do.Director Teague keeps the pace rattling along, and hammers the message home fast (he was an occasional assistant to Sam Fuller, of course).The plot's quite straightforward, and all the better so - this packs something of the punch of the 30's classic gangster films, but with distinctly 70's sensibilities to violence.Where the film becomes more interesting than your average low-budget 'gangster-exploiter', however, is in the telling of the story through her eyes, rather than his (a distinctly 70's approach). Yet it's wonderfully ambiguous, on reflection, as to whether the film champions her willingness to break away and start acting for herself (she's a great strong character), or whether she just goes from one woman in peril situation to the other (which is the plot, basically).I've probably over-analyzed it already, but if you've got a spare hour and a half on your hands, give it a chance. A classic of its kind.
Reviewed by rlcsljo 5 / 10

Fairly decent look at the life of a Gun Moll

If they had called it "The life of a Gun Moll", nobody probably would have gone to see it. So they went with the Dillinger angle, but forget it this is Pamela Sue's film.If you ever wondered how "good little" girls end up being window dressing for some of the most notorious gangsters that ever lived, this film gives a good look at her rebellion against her strict religious up bringing and her descent into crime and prostitution.Pamela Sue is so cute, you have a hard time believing she is a hardened criminal, but she just about pulls it off.
Read more IMDb reviews

No comments yet

Be the first to leave a comment