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Gilda

1946
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Love, Revenge, Marriage, Monopolies, Casino owners, Inheritance, Temptresses, Secret police, Airplane accidents, Casinos

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Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Director: Charles Vidor
Writer: E. A. Ellington, Joe Eisenger , Marion Parsonnet
Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté
Editor: Charles Nelson
Production Designers: Stephen Goossón, Van Nest Polglase
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corp.

Rita Hayworth’s first dramatic role for Columbia Pictures led to a watershed moment in her career, as GILDA (1946) forever marked her as a femme fatale. Her performance was so impressive that atomic scientists on the Bikini Atoll named a bomb “Gilda” and painted the iconic photograph of Hayworth on it… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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