Blonde Bait (1956)
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.
Directors: Elmo Williams, Herbert Glazer.
 |
Beverly Michaels as Angela Booth |
 |
Thora Hird as 'Granny' Ramsey |
 |
April Olrich as Marguerite Chavez |
 |
Richard Travis as Kent Foster |
 |
Jim Davis as Nick Randall |
 |
Paul Cavanagh as Insp. D.N. Hedges |
 |
Betty Cooper as Chief Matron Evans |
 |
Valerie White as Prison Warden |
 |
Harry Lauter as State Department Security Chief |
 |
Joan Rice as Cleo Thompson |
 |
Avril Angers as Bessie |
 |
Ralph Michael as Julian Lord |
 |
Hermione Baddeley as Grace, Gran's friend |
 |
Gordon Jackson as Percy |
| Directing | Elmo Williams | Director |
| Directing | Herbert Glazer | Director |
| Camera | William P. Whitley | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bert Sternbach | Production Manager |
| Writing | Richard H. Landau | Original Story |
| Writing | Val Guest | Original Story |
