Apparently a remake of Seven Sinners but not as much fun, in part because Shelley Winters is like an overgrown kid whereas Marlene Dietrich was a woman. Winters performs a few presumably dubbed songs as a Sadie Thompson type - did any play inspire more rip offs than Rain? Liberace is her pianist, sneaking in some Chopin, which is cute - he's a lot more comfortable here than he would be in Sincerely Yours.
MacDonald Carey was always a B level leading man even in Bs. In his defence he doesn't do anything tough just sort of whines abot having a bad reputation. Luther Adler adds some dash to the support cast as do Helena Thompson (as the classy girl who loves him), and Frank Lovejoy (as Winters' back up love interest).
The scenes in the cafe are great but too much of this is outside. It's underwhelming. Needed colour.
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