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The Lady in Red

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Stylish crime-drama about the lifestory of Dillinger's girlfriend 'the lady in red' completely set in the 1930's. Excellent yet violent story re-creates the feel of the era & sticks to facts

THis movie I watched when I was quiet younger. I belive in the early eighties. I was amazed by the story and all the plots and turns. Great vinatge wear,and good action. I have looked a long time for this movie, usually in Movie stores, they always refer to the movie with Gene Wilder. I am glad amazon has it and will be mine soon. Thanks

The Lady in Red is one of my favorite 'rainy day' movies. It reflects back to the hard times of the Depression Era. Even the good guys have it tough.

I won't duplicate the excellent comments of others except to say that the acting is superb. And there are some great and memorable lines. From "You gonna get even Polly? No, I'm gonna get ahead." Down to Robert Forster's last line "Polly Franklin - sends her regards."

Movie was an old favorite and I couldn't find it anywhere else. The DVD was in perfect shape and there were no flaws. Enjoyed it very much.

I am very happy with my purchase and the movie is good quality thank you so much exactly what i was looking for.

THE LADY IN RED was scripted by John Sayles (director of EIGHT MEN OUT - 1988) and produced by Julie Corman-- Roger's wife. Sayles' only previous movie experience was contributing the story for PIRAHNA (1978), which was a product of Corman's New World Pictures.

"The Lady in Red" is an incredibly loose biopic that depicts in part the death of John Dillinger as he exited Chicago's Biograph Theater on 7/22/34. Here's where the two stories diverge:

REALITY: Anna Sage, a friend of Dillinger's girl Polly Hamilton wore the infamous "red" dress (it was actually orange) that alerted Feds to his presence.

FICTION: In the film, Sage (Fletcher) tricks Polly "Franklin" (Martin) into wearing the colorful outfit. Never happened! With both scenarios however, Dillinger (Conrad) is cut down by a hailstorm of lead.

SYNOPSIS--
It's the story of Miss Franklin, an innocent farmgirl who moves to the big city, gets arrested and quickly falls into a life of vice (prostitution). She befriends the notorious bank robber but he's soon killed by the FBI after a night out at the movies. Franklin then considers robbing banks herself.


Related item:
Directed by John Milius, DILLINGER (1973) has a solid cast: Warren Oates as John D., Ben Johnson as Agent Melvin Purvis, Michelle Phillips as Billie Frechette and Cloris Leachman as Anna Sage. Harry Dean Santon portrays Homer Van Meter, Richard Dreyfuss is Baby Face Nelson and Steve Kanaly, Pretty Boy Floyd.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.

(5.3) The Lady in Red (1979) - Pamela Sue Martin/Robert Conrad/Louise Fletcher/Robert Hogan/Laurie Heineman/Christopher Lloyd/Dick Miller/Joe Flaherty