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''Louisiana Hussy'' is a 1959 American film directed by Lee Sholem. The film is also known as ''Louisiana Hussey'' (American alternative spelling).


Plot summary

Living in a small Louisiana Bayou community known as "The Pit", Cajun newlyweds Pierre and Lili must deal with family conflict compounded by the arrival in their lives of a mysterious seductress who calls herself "Minette" and claims to be fleeing from trouble. Not convinced she is being truthful, the couple find out that her real name is "Nina" and that she is impersonating a woman who had earlier committed suicide after having discovered that Nina was having an affair with her husband, Clay. Meanwhile, Pierre's brother Jacques, has fallen in love with Nina, to the disapproval of his family. Pierre and Lili track down Clay's whereabouts but are convinced by his butler not to reveal the location of Nina. Clay, suspecting that the couple is hiding information, follows them back to their home but at the last minute decides not to confront Nina, realizing that she has caused enough pain in his life. Nina is told to leave The Pit and in the final scene, is picked up hitch hiking by a middle aged man driving a Cadillac. She tells that man that she is fleeing trouble and needs help.


Cast

* Nan Peterson as Nina Duprez, alias Minette Lanier *Robert Richards as Pierre Guillot *Peter Coe as Jacques Guillot *
Betty Lynn Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn (August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021) was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including ...
as Lili Guillot *Howard Wright as Cob *
Harry Lauter Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990) was an American character actor. Early years Lauter was born in White Plains, New York. He worked as a model for a professional photographer and was a rodeo rider before m ...
as Clay Lanier *Rosalee Calvert as the real Minette Lanier * Tyler McVey as Dr. J. B. Opie * Smoki Whitfield as Burt, the manservant * Helen Forrest as Callie, the grisgris woman


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* * 1959 films American crime drama films 1959 crime drama films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-drama-film-stub