A millionaire with a mysterious fiancee hires a detective to discover the truth about her past.A millionaire with a mysterious fiancee hires a detective to discover the truth about her past.A millionaire with a mysterious fiancee hires a detective to discover the truth about her past.
Ricky Allen
- Boy in Library
- (uncredited)
Val Avery
- Pudgey Smith
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaTo prepare herself to play the heroine with a checkered past, Carroll Baker actually worked a shift in an all-night diner (where she went unnoticed), made change in a penny arcade booth, visited a Tijuana brothel and so forth - publicity stunt "research" that was documented in a lengthy February 27 1965 Saturday Evening Post picture story called "The Lady Was A Tramp".
- GoofsIn the library sequence, none of books are marked with the Dewey Decimal System coding or other markings that would enable anyone to easily find or shelve books.
- Quotes
Alan Macklin: You mentioned something about a job.
Frederic Summers: Sylvia West. I want to know who she is. I want to know everything there is to know about Sylvia West. Everything a prospective husband has a right to know.
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's My Line?: Lee Remick (2) (1965)
- SoundtracksSylvia
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Music by David Raksin
Sung by Paul Anka
Thru the courtesy of RCA Victor Records
Featured review
Has a strange realism and quirkiness. 1965 Noir psychodrama
Carrol Baker is fluidly extraordinary in this film. Her character's life is explored in a dreamlike series of flashbacks which unravel like time travel. The various other characters are woven in and out in florishes from charactor actors.
I had seen this a long time ago then caught it on Turner Classics. Kind of bizarre in a good way.
Because of the complexity of the subject matter and the way the film is structured, I think it will get better on repeated viewings.
I had seen this a long time ago then caught it on Turner Classics. Kind of bizarre in a good way.
Because of the complexity of the subject matter and the way the film is structured, I think it will get better on repeated viewings.
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- rebeccax5
- Aug 26, 2018
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- Also known as
- Das Vorleben der Sylvia West
- Filming locations
- Beverly Amusement Park, 8500 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(lunch scene after the bookshop)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
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