The Lady in Red (1979 film)

The Lady in Red
Directed byLewis Teague
Written byJohn Sayles
Produced byJulie Corman
StarringPamela Sue Martin
Robert Conrad
Louise Fletcher
Christopher Lloyd
CinematographyDaniel Lacambre
Edited byLarry Bock
Ron Medico
Lewis Teague
Music byJames Horner
Production
company
Lady in Red Productions
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • July 1979 (1979-07)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$900,000[1][2]

The Lady in Red (also known as Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin) is a 1979 American crime drama film directed by Lewis Teague and starring Pamela Sue Martin and Robert Conrad.[3] It is an early writing effort of John Sayles who became better known as a director in the 1980s and 1990s.

The film tells a 1930s crime story of a poor farmer's daughter who leaves for Chicago, where she is sent to prison, works as a prostitute, falls in love with notorious criminal John Dillinger, witnesses his death, and finally tries bank robbery.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference julie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 168
  3. ^ "The Lady in Red". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 15, 2016.