Heller in Pink Tights (1959)

Directed by

George Cukor

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A traveling theater troupe in the Old West brings entertainment to rough frontier towns. The performers deal with both onstage drama and offstage complications.

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What happens

Heller In Pink Tights is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film adapted from Louis L'Amour's 1955 novel Heller with a Gun. It stars Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn and was directed by George Cukor. The movie is noted for its lavishly ornate costumes by Edith Head and its unique visual style influenced by technical advisor George Hoyningen-Huene. As in L'Amour's novel, there is no character in the film named Heller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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