The Revolt of Mamie Stover (film)

The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956 is a romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Buddy Adler from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm, based on the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie. The picture stars Jane Russell and Richard Egan, with Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, and Michael Pate. The music was by Hugo Friedhofer and the cinematography by Leo Tover, with costume design by Travilla.

In 1941, Mamie Stover Jane Russell, a San Francisco prostitute, is chased away from the city by several policemen. On a freighter to Honolulu, she meets Jim Blair Richard Egan, a successful writer who thinks of Mamie as a Cinderellalike beauty. Flattered, Mamie enjoys not being associated with her former occupation and falls in love. A shipboard romance is cut short when Mamie notices Jim being welcomed ashore by his sweetheart Annalee Joan Leslie.As they part, Jim lends Mamie 100 to help her build a career. She visits an old friend, Jackie Davis Jorja Curtright, who introduces her to Bertha Parchman Agnes Moorehead, the meanspirited owner of a honkytonk. Even more coldhearted is Berthas vicious and sadistic manager Harry Adkins Michael Pate, who thinks nothing of the hostesses working at the club. Mamie applies for a job, although according to the thirteen rules restricting prostitutes in Honolulu, she is not allowed to have a boyfriend, visit Waikiki Beach, or open a bank account. ........

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