The Velvet Touch **** (1948, Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, Walter Kingsford) – Classic Movie Review 13,319

The Velvet Touch poster.

The classy 1948 American film noir suspense drama film The Velvet Touch stars Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Sydney Greenstreet, and Claire Trevor.

Director John Gage’s 1948 American film noir drama film The Velvet Touch stars Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, and Walter Kingsford.

Theatrical melodrama as a Broadway star stage actress (Rosalind Russell) who murders her producer and former lover (Leon Ames) and then has to use all her wits and wiles to deal with the investigation by theatre-buff police captain (Sydney Greenstreet) and with her guilt.

The Velvet Touch is an impressive, classy, British-set period suspense thriller, with a first-rate cast, and a clever screenplay by Leo Rosten with strong dialogue and several surprises. Russell is excellent and Greenstreet is superb.

Leo Genn plays Russell’s new beau and Claire Trevor plays a supporting actress wrongly accused of committing the murder.

The cast

The cast are Rosalind Russell as Valerie Stanton, Leo Genn as Michael Morrell, Claire Trevor as Marian Webster, Sydney Greenstreet as Captain Danbury, Leon Ames as Gordon Dunning, Frank McHugh as Ernie Boyle, Walter Kingsford as Peter Gunther, Dan Tobin as Jeff Trent, Lex Barker as Paul Banton, Nydia Westman as Susan Crane, Theresa Harris as Nancy, Russell Hicks as Judge Brack, Irving Bacon as Albert, Esther Howard as Pansy Dupont, Harry Hayden as Mr Crouch, William Erwin as Howard Forman, Martha Hyer as Helen Adams, and Steven Flagg as Jimmy.

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