72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Flame and the Flesh

Richard Brooks
USA
Synopsis
When she?s thrown out of her Naples apartment, Madeline, an American woman, is taken in and allowed to stay by the kind composer, Ciccio. She has an affair with Ciccio?s friend and handsome singer, Nino, running away with him just before his wedding to the sweet young Lisa. Madeline and Nino move in together, but it?s not long before the fighting starts and he loses his job. Madeline soon realises that she?s not the girl for Nino.
Director
Richard Brooks
Screenplay
Helen Deutsch
Photography
Christopher Challis
Edition
Albert Akst, Ray Poulton
Music
Nicholas Brodszky
Cast
Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson, Bonar Colleano, Charles Goldner
Running Time
104 m.
Country
USA
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