The Lady in Red

New World. Director Lewis Teague; Producer Julie Corman; Screenplay John Sayles; Camera Daniel Lacambre; Editor Larry Bock, Ron Medico, Lewis Teague; Art Director Joe McAnelly

Pamela Sue Martin
Robert Conrad
Louise Fletcher
Christopher Lloyd
Robert Hogan

Ostensibly a return to the gangster genre, The Lady in Red is in many ways a compendium of variations on the 'woman in jeopardy' format.

The lady of the title gamely struggles through life as a tyrannized daughter, mistreated lover, ill-paid working girl, prisoner in a women's ward, professional hooker and full-fledged gangster, among other roles.

With her sights vaguely set on Hollywood, farm girl Pamela Sue Martin heads first for Chicago, where one mishap after another lands her in prison, then in the employ of classy madam Louise Fletcher.

Lewis Teague, a former second-unit director, guides his large cast reasonably well through John Sayles' craftsmanlike script.

(Color) Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1979. Running time: 93 MIN.

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