''Models Inc.'' (UK: ''That Kind of Girl'') is a 1952 American
film noir
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crime film
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directed by
Reginald Le Borg
Reginald Le Borg (11 December 1902 – 25 March 1989) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna, Austria with the surname Groebel and directed 68 films between 1936 and 1974.
Le Borg made a series of low-budget horror films at Un ...
and starring
Howard Duff
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also prob ...
and
Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ( ...
.
Plot
A young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
Cast
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Howard Duff
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also prob ...
as Lennie Stone
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Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Nightmare Alley'' (1947), '' Red River'' (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's '' The Killing'' ( ...
as Rusty Faraday
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John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the ...
as John Stafford
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Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds (née Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film/television actress and dancer, who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical ''Holiday Inn'', in which she and Bing Crosby introdu ...
as Peggy Howard
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Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt (April 17, 1903 – January 29, 1960) was an American character actor in film, television and theatre, most frequently seen in hapless, ineffectual, or fall guy roles.
Early life
Heydt was born in 1903 (not 1905, as many sou ...
as Cronin
* Edwin Max as Looie (as Ed Max)
*
Benny Baker
Benny Baker (born Benjamin Michael Zifkin; May 5, 1907 – September 20, 1994) was an American film and theater actor and comedian, and appeared in over 50 films between 1934 and 1988. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Filmogr ...
as Freddy
* James Seay as Det. Sgt. Mooney
* Charles Cane as Big Jim
* Sue Carlton as Ann
* Lou Lubin as Max
* Paula Hill as Millie (as Mary Hill)
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Frank Ferguson
Frank S. Ferguson (December 25, 1906 – September 12, 1978) was an American character actor with hundreds of appearances in both film and television.
Background
Ferguson was the younger of two children of W. Thomas Ferguson, a native Scottis ...
as Joe Reynolds - the Banker
See also
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List of American films of 1952
A list of American films released in 1952.
'' The Greatest Show on Earth'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A-B
C-G
H-J
K-N
O-R
S-Z
Serials
Shorts and documentaries
See also
* 1952 in the United States
References
Extern ...
External links
Film pageat
TCMDB
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Review of filmat New York Times
1952 films
1952 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
American crime drama films
Film noir
Films about modeling
Films directed by Reginald Le Borg
Films scored by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Universal Pictures films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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