| Valerie | |
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| Directed by | Gerd Oswald |
| Screenplay by |
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| Produced by | Hal R. Makelim |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | David Bretherton |
| Music by | Albert Glasser |
| Color process | Black and white |
| Production company | Hal R. Makelim Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Valerie is a 1957 American Western film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel. The film was apparently inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic Rashomon.
Plot
Rancher John Garth is arrested for critically wounding his wife Valerie and killing her parents. During Garth's trial, contradictory flashback sequences are depicted.
Cast
- Sterling Hayden as John Garth
- Anita Ekberg as Valerie Horvat
- Anthony Steel as Reverend Steven Blake
- Peter Walker as Herb Garth
- Jerry Barclay as Jim Mingo
- Iphigenie Castiglioni as Mrs. Horvat
- John Wengraf as Mr. Louis Horvat
- Gage Clarke as Jonathan Griggs
- Tom McKee as Dave Carlin
- Sydney Smith as Judge Frisbee
- Bob Adler as Lundy
- Stanley Adams as Dr. Jackson
- Malcolm Atterbury as Sheriff
- Juney Ellis as Nurse Linsey
- John Dierkes as Bartender
- Norman Leavitt as Linsey
- Darryl Duran as Earl Davis
Production
Filming for Valerie started in December 1956. It was the only film that Anthony Steel and Anita Ekberg made together during their marriage.
Reception
Variety called the film "a challenging experiment."
In a contemporary review in Baltimore's The Evening Sun, reviewer Hope Pantell wrote: "This opus opens with an assortment of bodies, then proceeds to show, sometimes in painfully long-winded fashion, how they got to be so stiff."
Writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, reviewer Samuel L. Singer assessed the lead actors' performances: "Lovely Anita Ekberg, Swedish beauty, displays her charms and engages in a limited amount of histrionics. Sterling Hayden is grimly nonsmiling as her husband, and Anthony Steel, her real-life husband, is convincing as the minister."
Home media
Valerie was released on DVD by MGM Home Video on September 26, 2011 via MGM's MOD (manufacture-on-demand) program through Amazon.com.
See also
References
- ^ "Valerie (1957) - Gerd Oswald | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- VALERIE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 24, Iss. 276, (Jan 1, 1957): 91.
- Paris Night-Club Singer Signed; Wengraff Acts Anita Ekberg's Father Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1956: A11.
- Vagg, Stephen (September 23, 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
- Review of film at Variety
- Pantell, Hope (October 25, 1957). "On the Screen". The Evening Sun. p. 22.
- Singer, Samuel L. (October 3, 1957). "'Valerie' Stars Anita Ekberg". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 8.
External links
- Valerie at IMDb
- Valerie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Valerie at the TCM Movie Database
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