Girl Of The Night "Alice"

Girl Of The Night "Alice""An Exciting Step Forward into a New Realm of Adult Motion Pictures!" promised the ads for 1960's Girl of the Night and there was truth to the claim. The film was rare for its time, a sympathetic portrait of a young girl (Anne Francis in a strong performance) raised in a loveless home who drifts into a life of prostitution. Friendless and lonely, she's an easy target for her boozed up madam (Kay Medford) and sadistic pimp (John Kerr). until a

He's not impressed

A cast of man's men

And as Orloff

especially one with a promotion to Mrs

playing "Belle

proves masterly at capturing the life-sized intensity of Aggie

the nerve-tingling atmosphere (enhanced by Franz Waxman's edgy score) or the flashfire romantic chemistry between movie immortals Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn in their only screen pairing

With feet planted

flack - prevent it

Conway clearly delights in mixing the detective with the dash

open-range episodes involving the powerful (President Grant is the target of kidnappers)

In order to claim her inheritance