"The Unholy Wife" (1957)

[HollywoodGolightly]

Anyone seen this one before? The cast sounds pretty good.

 

*The Unholy Wife* (1957) - Jan. 7 at 5pm ET

An ambitious beauty marries a vintner, then falls for one of his workers.

Cast: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi Dir: John Farrow C-94 mins, TV-PG

[FredCDobbs]

I saw it for the first time today. I thought the movie was very poorly made, but Diana Dors was a very good actress.

 

Looks to me like they had only a couple of weeks to make this film, so they shot it almost like a stage play.

[HollywoodGolightly]

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}

> Looks to me like they had only a couple of weeks to make this film, so they shot it almost like a stage play.

 

Possibly so; it wasn't helped in any event for a fuzzy-looking video transfer.

[randyishere]

I think this movie is decent enough... but i am over the moon for Diana Dors and enjoy watching her the rare chances i get to. I wish more of her films were available to us here in the states. Holly, do you have any idea how i could access some of Dors work (The Long Haul, Yield To The Night, ...). Do I have to move to London to see this dynamic woman's film output??

[HollywoodGolightly]

> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote}

> Holly, do you have any idea how i could access some of Dors work (The Long Haul, Yield To The Night, ...). Do I have to move to London to see this dynamic woman's film output??

 

Have you checked if some of her movies might be available on DVD from the UK?

[scsu1975]

> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}

> > {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}

> > Looks to me like they had only a couple of weeks to make this film, so they shot it almost like a stage play.

>

> Possibly so; it wasn't helped in any event for a fuzzy-looking video transfer.

 

It was blurry like those free horror and sci-fi movies I find online.

 

The plot was okay, but the cast looked like they were on tranquilizers. I've never seen Steiger so mellow. Ms. Bondi was irritating. Ms. Dors looked great.

[HollywoodGolightly]

You're right, blurry is probably a better term than fuzzy. This is a movie that definitely doesn't "need blu-ray" unless they find a better video source, heh.

 

Guess it's also worth mentioning it must be among the very last movies made at RKO before it stopped production altogether - wasn't 1957 the last year they released movies?

[danthemoviefan]

> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote}

>Holly, do you have any idea how i could access some of Dors work (The Long Haul, Yield To The Night, ...). Do I have to move to London to see this dynamic woman's film output??

 

Has TCM aired The Long Haul before? There is an old GoodTimes VHS of it in LP speed.

[randyishere]

I've never seen TCM air The Long Haul since i started getting TCM in January 2002. The only Dors movies i've ever seen on TCM are Unholy Wife, I Married A Woman, and Berserk. Maybe TCM will acquire more british films as time passes. And hopefully for me, more Dors films will be put forth on DVD. A guy can hope.