Pal Joey

IMDb link: 0050815
IMDb rating: 6.6 (6,314 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance, Musical
Director: George Sidney, Frank Sinatra
Cast: Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Nichols and others

Release date: 16 Dec 1957
Release year: 1957
Runtime: 111 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: striptease, cable car, romantic rivalry, manipulative woman, female jealousy, barbary coast, possessive female, aging actress, wealthy widow, aging singer

Plot:

Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A Number One heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ("she used to be 'Vera...with the vanishing veils'") and now rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other. That is, until Linda English comes along. Linda's a "mouse on the chorus line" and built like there's no tomorrow. But she's the typical good little girl from a good little home - just the right ingredient to louse up Joey's set-up.

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