The Murder Men (film) explained

The Murder Men
Director:	John Peyser
Starring:	Mark Richman Dorothy Dandridge James Coburn Joe Mantell
Music:	Jeff Alexander
Cinematography:	Harold E. Wellman
Editing:	William B. Gulick John Sheets
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country:	United States

The Murder Men (later presented as an episode of the TV show Cain's Hundred which was called Blues for a Junkman, in 1962)^[1] is a 1961 film starring Peter Mark Richman, James Coburn, and Dorothy Dandridge.

Plot

Norma Sherman, is a night-club singer and addict who, upon being released from jail, attempts to win back the love of her husband.^[2]

Cast

• Mark Richman as Nick Cain
• James Coburn as Arthur Troy
• Dorothy Dandridge as Norma Sherman
• Joe Mantell as Maury Troy
• Ivan Dixon as Joe Sherman
• Ed Asner as Dave Keller

Reviews

One commentator called Dorothy Dandridge's role in this film "one of (her) most interesting late performances". This was her last film.

Notes and References

1. Book: Aberjhani . Sandra L. West . Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance . Dorothy Dandridge . https://books.google.com/books?id=XP48QWTmjyUC&pg=PA81 . 81–82 . Infobase . 2003 . 9781438130170 . February 9, 2011.
2. Book: Captive bodies: postcolonial subjectivity in cinema . Gwendolyn Audrey Foster . SUNY press . 1999 . 184 . 9780791441558 . February 9, 2011.