Flame and the Flesh | |
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Directed by | Richard Brooks |
Written by | Helen Deutsch |
Based on | Naples au baiser de feu by Auguste Bailly |
Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
Starring | Lana Turner Pier Angeli Carlos Thompson Bonar Colleano |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Albert Akst Raymond Poulton |
Music by | Nicholas Brodszky |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,275,000[1][2] |
Box office | $2,294,000[1] |
Flame and the Flesh is a 1954 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson and Bonar Colleano. It was made and distributed by MGM and produced by Joe Pasternak from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch based on the 1924 novel French Naples au baiser de feu by Auguste Bailly. The music score was by Nicholas Brodszky and the cinematography by Christopher Challis. It was shot at M-G-M British Studios[3] near London and on location around Positano and Naples in Southern Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.